We ask you for information about
yourself so that you can receive
proper care and treatment. We keep
this information, together with
details of your care, because it may
be needed if we see you again.
The main reasons for which your
information may be needed are:
- Giving you health care and
treatment
- Looking after the health of
the general public
- Managing and planning the
NHS
- Investigating complaints or
legal claims
- Preparing statistics on NHS
performance and activity (steps
will be taken to ensure you
cannot be identified)
- Helping staff to review the
care they provide to make sure
it is of the highest standard
Everyone working for the NHS has a
legal duty to keep information about
you confidential. We only ever use
or pass on information about you if
people have a genuine need for it,
in your and everyone's interests.
Anyone who receives information from
us is also under a legal duty to
keep it confidential.
The sharing of some types of very
sensitive personal information is
strictly controlled by law. However,
sometimes the law requires us to
pass on information, eg to notify a
birth.
The NHS Central Register for England
and Wales contains basic personal
details of all patients registered
with a general practitioner. The
Register does not contain clinical
information.
You have a right of access to your
health records, though any requests
for copies will incur a charge.
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