Privacy Information for Children

What is a privacy notice?

A privacy notice helps your doctors surgery tell you how it uses information it has about you, like your name, address, date of birth and all the notes the doctor or nurse makes about you in your healthcare record.

Why do we need one?

Your doctor’s surgery needs a privacy notice to make sure it meets the legal requirements which are written in a new document called the General Data Protection Regulation (or GDPR for short)

What is GDPR?

The GDPR is a new document that helps your doctors surgery keep the information about you secure. It’s new and will be introduced on the 25th May 2018, making sure that your doctor, nurse and other staff at the practice follow the rules and keep your information safe.

How do you know about our privacy notice?

At the surgery, we have posters in our waiting room and leaflets letting you know what kind of information we have about you and how we use the information.

What information do we collect about you?

Don’t worry, we only collect the information we need to help us keep you healthy – such as your name, address, information about your parents or guardians, records of appointments, visits and telephone calls and your clinical notes.