The General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) come into force on 25th  May 2018.

Southbourne Surgery will comply with GDPR article 30(1) and will document in writing and maintain a record of our processing activities, covering areas such as processing purposes, data sharing and retention. This information will be available to patients in a series of Privacy Notices as detailed below.  A hard copy is available in the surgery. For more information about Southbourne Surgery’s compliance with Data Protection and your Medical Records please click here.

Your data matters to the NHS and to us. Southbourne surgery is compliant with the national opt out programme.  Information about your health and care helps us to improve your individual care, speed up diagnosis, plan your local services and research new treatments.  In May 2018, the strict rules about how this data can and cannot be used were strengthened. The NHS is committed to keeping patient information safe and always being clear about how it is used.  You can choose whether your confidential patient information is used for research and  planning.  To find out more visit    nhs.uk/your-nhs-data-matters

Southbourne Surgery Privacy Notice 2nd June 2021

General Practice Data for Planning and Research (GPDPR)

NHS Digital is the national custodian for health and care data in England and has collected patient data from general practices using a service called the General Practice Extraction Service (GPES), which has operated for over 10 years but  now needs to be replaced from 1.7.21.

The new service is the General Practice Data for Planning and Research service GPDPR – which will be more sophisticated and will be working on things such as researching the long-term impact of coronavirus on the population,  analysing healthcare inequalities and researching and developing cures for serious illnesses.

NHS Digital will collect:

• data about diagnoses, symptoms, observations, test results, medications, allergies, immunisations, referrals, recalls and appointments, including information about physical, mental and sexual health
• data on sex, ethnicity and sexual orientation
• data about staff who have treated patients

NHS Digital does not collect:

• name and address (except for postcode, protected in a unique coded form)
• written notes (free text), such as the details of conversations with doctors and nurses
• images, letters and documents
• coded data that is not needed due to its age – for example medication, referral and appointment data that is over 10 years old
• coded data that GPs are not permitted to share by law – for example certain codes about IVF treatment, and certain information about gender re-assignment

Patients can dissent to NHS Digital COLLECTING their data (called a type 1 opt out) data or dissent to NHS digital SHARING their data for planning and research (called a National data opt out).  If you wish to find more information about GPDPR including your right to opt out then please follow this link https://www.nhs.uk/your-nhs-data-matters/.

You are able to opt our of GPDPR by  downloading a Type 1 Opt Out form and returning it to the surgery before 23rd June Deadline  You can download the form by here Type+1+Opt-out+form