Access to Health Records
Our practice is registered under the Data Protection Act 1998 with the Information Commissioner. Our registration number is Z5577747. You are entitled by law to have access to your medical records written after 1 November 1991.
You must apply in writing and a charge of £10 may be made. The doctor is entitled to withhold any information which he/she considers could be detrimental to you.
Disclosure of Patient Records
There may be circumstances in which your personal medical record or parts of it may be disclosed to other people, apart from your GP and practice staff. Patients should be re-assured that any disclosure of information is conducted within the rules of the Data Protection Act.
Please ask to speak to the Practice Manager should you wish to discuss further