New Patient Registration

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What happens to my information? Personal and medical information about patients registered at this practice are primarily kept electronically, although some is kept in paper form. Some information will be sent to hospital consultants and other health professionals to whom you are referred by your GP in order to provide continued healthcare and obtain treatment for you. We sometimes use accredited suppliers for our communication with you, for example when we send recall letters for review clinics or medication reviews. All suppliers we use are checked carefully to ensure they comply with strict confidentiality protocols. To ensure the security of all patient information, all staff that has access to your records is covered by confidentiality clauses in their contracts and the Data Protection Act and the Freedom of Information Act. Our guiding principle is that we hold your records in strict confidence. I certify that the information I have provided is correct and consent to my personal and medical information being used as stated above.

A Summary Care Record (SCR) includes important information about your health: medicines you are taking, allergies you suffer from and any bad reactions to medicines. Having a SCR means that when you need healthcare you can be helped to recall vital information. SCRs can help the staff involved in your care make better and safer decisions about how best to treat you. You can choose to have additional information included in your SCR such as: your illnesses and health problem, operations and vaccinations you have had in the past, how you would like to be treated - such as where you would prefer to receive care, what support you might need, who should be contacted for more information about you which can enhance the care you receive.

As a practice, we fully support the Armed Forces Covenant. We can only do this if we know our patients connections to the Armed Forces. Please tick below boxes that apply to you:

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If you would like to join the NHS Blood Donor Register as someone who may be contacted and would be prepared to donate blood, please visit their website on: www.blood.co.uk or call direct on 03001232323