Anything that you discuss with any member of
the practice, Doctor, Nurse, Admin or Reception
Staff will stay confidential. If you are
under 16 please let us know if you do not wish
us to disclose information to parents, other
family members or care workers. The only
reason that we may consider passing on
confidential information without your
permission, would be to protect you or someone
else from serious harm and in these cases we
would always try to discuss this with you first.
To release information to a third party,
insurance company, solicitor other organisations
we require that you sign and date a consent form
for disclosure. In most instances a
template will be provided by the organisation
however we are happy to accept a handwritten,
signed and dated letter from the patient.
In some cases patients might want to another
individual or family member to have access to
medical records, again in this case explicit
instructions are required from the patient in
order to carry out their wishes.
