The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which came into force on 25th May 2018, gives you more control over how your personal information is used.

We continue to collect and store your information safely and securely. Your data is collected and used by us for the purposes of providing healthcare services, and this will not change.

The new GDPR changes do not affect your care in any way, and we are as committed as always to providing the best possible service to our patients.

If you would like to see our full privacy notice, please see the link below:

Privacy Notice

Or to read more about the changes in our patient information leaflet, see below:

Privacy Information Leaflet

Data Subject Access Request Form

National Data Opt-Out

If you do not want your GP to share your identifiable patient data for purposes except for your own care, you can opt-out by registering a Type 1 Opt-out. This prevents your data being shared with NHS Digital if you register your opt-out before 31st March 2022. You can still register your opt-out at any time after this date and it will prevent any more data being shared with NHS Digital.

National Data Opt Out

Privacy Notice – update COVID 19

We are committed to protecting your personal information. In the fight against this global pandemic we are currently working with all of our partners in Health and Social Care to ensure information is shared with the right people at the right time to ensure you receive the best possible care.

OpenSAFELY

NHS England has been directed by the government to establish and operate the OpenSAFELY COVID-19 Service and the OpenSAFELY Data Analytics Service. These services provide a secure environment that supports research, clinical audit, service evaluation and health surveillance for COVID-19 and other purposes. 

Each GP Practice remains the controller of its own GP patient data but is required to let approved users run queries on pseudonymised patient data. This means identifiers are removed and replaced with a pseudonym. 

Only approved users are allowed to run these queries, and they will not be able to access information that directly or indirectly identifies individuals.

Patients who do not wish for their data to be used as part of this process can register a type 1 opt out with their GP.

General Practice Extraction Service (GPES) Data for Pandemic Planning and Research (COVID-19)

This practice is supporting vital coronavirus (COVID-19) planning and research by sharing your data
with NHS Digital. A General Practice Transparency Notice which supplements our main practice privacy notice can be found here.’

Please click on the link below for further information.

COVID-19 Privacy Notice