Fair Processing Notice/Privacy Notice
1.Introduction
The UK Data Protection Bill will become law when enacted as the Data Protection Act 2018. It will explicitly bring provisions of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDRP) 2016 into UK law and establish continuity of the GDPR. The Act will legislate in areas where the GDPR allows flexibility at national level. It will also introduce legislation on processing for law enforcement purposes (in support of the EU Law Enforcement Directive) and by the intelligence services, and make provision for the Information Commissioner (the UK supervisory authority). The current Data Protection Act (DPA) 1998 will be completely repealed when DPA 2018 comes in force.
This Fair Processing Notice (FPN) has been written in line with the EU GDPR 2016. The FPN will be reviewed when the DPA 2018 comes in force in order to align it with the Act.
2.What is this Fair Processing Notice about?
Fair processing is the conditions which have to be met for any activity involving personal data or special categories of personal data to be lawful. Being transparent and providing accessible information to individuals about how an organisation will use their personal information is a key element of Data Protection Legislations. The most common way to provide this information is in a Fair Processing Notice (FPN).
This FPN is part of our programme to make the data processing activities we are carrying out in order to meet our healthcare obligations transparent.
The FPN tells you about information we collect and hold about you, the legal basis for collecting and holding the information, what we do with it, how we keep it secure (confidential), who we might share it with and what your rights are in relation to your information.
3.Who we are
Ridgmount Practice (formerly Gower Place Practice) is a friendly, caring & innovative practice.
We are a partnership based close to University College, London (UCL) in a purpose built Health Centre which we rent from UCL.
Our patient list size is approximately 19,000 patients; over 80% of patients are students of UCL. The remainder is a mixture of local hospital staff and local residents.
Our workload is closely linked to the University term-time. In late September and early October we are particularly busy when the new students start and we register approximately 3000 new patients.
We are a GMS practice. Our medical system is EMIS WEB and we are paper-light.
We are part of Camden Clinical Commissioning Group.We refer patients through the Choose and Book system. We are lab-linked with UCLH (our hospital provider). Practice administration is supported by computerised links with the CCG and NHS England.Our practice is connected to the NHSnet/Internet and we use Microsoft Outlook for e-mail correspondence.
The practice is fortunate to have a highly motivated and loyal team. There is a core of practice staff who have been employed at the Practice for more than 5 years. This is extremely beneficial as it creates an atmosphere of continuity in patient care and provides a pool of experience that ensures stability throughout the practice.
A weekly clinical meeting is held at the practice in protected time which all the doctors and nurses attend. During this time, we discuss significant event analyses, recent coursesnew guidelines and any patients who are causing concern. In addition, we have regular general meetings for all team members which are minuted.
We participate in the Prescribing Quality Scheme for Camden CCG and fulfill their criteria in prescribing quality and audits to score maximum points.
We are part of the Camden GP Federation and also collaborate with other local practices.
We are committed to high quality clinical practice and score high QOF points, participate in the long term condition monitoring and try to also let the patients’ priorities be heard. We have an active Patient Participation group.The doctors and nurses each take a clinical area of responsibility in QOF clinical domains, and the Practice Manager and IT manager are principally involved in the non clinical domains.
The doctors share the on call rota during the weekdays from 8am-6.30pm. At other times, LCW covers out of hours calls.
Special Interests and Post
Dr Claire Elliott - Clinical Teaching Fellow in Primary Care(Medical Humanities) UCL/ GP Appraiser/ Women’s Health, Sexual Health and Child Health
Dr Mark Barrett - Camden CCG clinical lead for Long Term Conditions
Dr Sarah Jane Wong - Medical Ethics committee member / Certificate in Teaching the Teachers
Dr Latha Kuna - Diabetes Diploma
Dr Emily Hull -Women's Health / Sexual Health
Dr Emily Attree -Women's Health / Sexual Health
Nurse Dee Williams - Sexual Health & Travel medicine expertise
Nurse Enmin Zhang - Asthma & COPD expertise
Nurse Helen Jenkins - Diabetes expertise
Nurse Shakila Ali - General adult nursing
4.Types of information we use
We use the following types of information/data:
- Personal data or sensitive personal/special categories of personal data such as:
- demographics – name, address, date of birth, postcode, NHS number
- racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, or trade union membership, genetic data, biometric data for the purpose of uniquely identifying a natural person, medical/health data, sexual life or sexual orientation data.
- Pseudonymised - about individuals but with identifying details (such as name or NHS number) replaced with a unique code.
- Anonymised - about individuals but with identifying details removed.
- Aggregated - anonymised information grouped together so that it doesn't identify individuals.
5.What we use your personal data and special categories of personal data (known as or sensitive personal) for
We use and share information about you in a number of ways. These include:
Primary uses - information from your GP medical record which can be made available to other NHS and public sector organisations, including doctors, nurses and care professionals in order to help them make the best informed decision, and provide you with the best possible direct care delivery.
Secondary uses - information from your GP medical record involves extracting identifiable data and (usually) sharing that data with other NHS organisations, for the purpose of indirect care. Examples include using your information for research, auditing, and healthcare planning (population health management).
6.Identity and Contact details of the Data Controller and Data Protection Officer
Ridgmount Practice, 8 Ridgmount Street, London WC1E 7AA Telephone: 020 7387 6306 Email: gpp@nhs.net Website: www.ridgmountpractice.nhs.uk Data Protection Officer: Carol Sheils Practice Manager7.Organisations we share your personal information with
We share information about you with other GPs, NHS acute or mental health Trusts, local authority, community health providers, pharmacists, commissioning organisations, medical research organisations and some specific non NHS organisations for the purposes of direct and indirect care delivery of care.
We are required under the law to provide you with the following information how we process your personal data, the purpose of proposing, recipient/categories of your personal data, the identity of our Data Protection Officer (DPO), how long we retain personal information about you, the legal basis and justification for the processing, and your right to view, request access copies of your personal information, or object to the processing.
Included below is a table of the organisations we share information about you with split into the following categories. In all cases, the data controller and Data Protection Officer (DPO) are as listed in section 6 above:
a. Direct Medical Care and Administration
b. Other primary care services delivered for the purposes of direct carec. Statutory Disclosures of Informationd. Processing for the Purposes of Commissioning, Planning, Research and Risk Stratificatione. Data Sharing Databasesf. Data Processors8. What is EMIS Systems Local Record Sharing?Your GP medical record is held on our secure clinical system called EMIS Web. This clinical system allows for local record sharing with other healthcare providers who are commissioned in your area to provide care (e.g. acute hospitals, mental and community health). Through this record sharing, clinicians are able to see clinical information entered by other organisations who are party to the EMIS local record sharing agreement. This local sharing is used to provide direct patient care for services such as continued extended access, home visits, universal offers, musculoskeletal service, GP at front door and other neighbourhood services across Camden in line the local Care delivery strategy and the NHS STP. It also enables specific GPs identify their patients with highly complex, multiple morbidity and/or frailty, who might benefit from targeted multi-disciplinary team support as part of case management and care planning (the "Case Finding Purpose") How will my information be made available? The information is accessed in real time and on-demand, meaning that data from your GP record is neither extracted, nor uploaded, nor sent anywhere. The data remains within your GP EMIS database and users are allowed read-view access only. If you have any concerns regarding EMIS local record sharing you can opt out by speaking to your GP Surgery. 9.What do we use anonymised data for?We use anonymised data to plan health care services. Specifically we use it to:
10.Details of data linkage with other datasetsData may be de-identified and linked so that it can be used to improve health care and development and monitor NHS performance. Where data is used for these statistical purposes, stringent measures are taken to ensure individual patients cannot be identified. When analysing current health services and proposals for developing future services it is sometimes necessary to link separate individual datasets to be able to produce a comprehensive evaluation. This may involve linking primary care GP data with other data such as secondary uses service (SUS) data (inpatient, outpatient and A&E). In some cases there may also be a need to link local datasets which could include a range of acute-based services such as radiology, physiotherapy, audiology etc, as well as mental health and community-based services such as Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT), community nursing, podiatry etc. When carrying out this analysis, the linkage of these datasets is always done using a unique identifier that does not reveal a person’s identity. The organisation responsible for processing de-identified and linked data under this category, on behalf of the Practice is Camden CCG. We ensure that the data processor is legally and contractually bound to operate and prove security arrangements are in place where data that could or does identify a person are processed. 11.What safeguards are in place to ensure data that identifies me is secure?We only use information that may identify you in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation 2016. These Legislation requires us to process personal data only if there is a lawful basis for doing so and that any processing must be fair and lawful. We also ensure the information we hold is kept in secure locations, restrict access to information to authorised personnel only, protect personal and confidential information held on equipment such as laptops with encryption (which masks data so that unauthorised users cannot see or make sense of it). Our appropriate technical and security measures include:
The NHS Digital Code of Practice on Confidential Information applies to all of our staff, and they are required to protect your information, inform you of how your information will be used, and allow you to decide if and how your information can be shared. All Ridgmount Practice staff are trained to ensure information is kept confidential. We are registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) as a data controller and collects data for a variety of purposes. A copy of the registration is available through the ICO website. You can search by our practice name Ridgmount Practice or ICO Data Protection Register number Z7348287 12.What are your rights?Where information from which you can be identified is held, you have the:
These rights will only apply where we cannot demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for continued processing of your personal data for the purposes of direct provision of care, and compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject. Your right to erasure (right to be forgotten) will only apply where you had given ‘consent’ to process your personal health data and later withdrew the consent, and does not apply to the extent where the processing of your personal health data is necessary for:
You can exercise your rights at any time by contacting the Practice (data controller) or the Data Protection Officer (DPO) at the address below, although we will first need to explain how this may affect the care you receive and any overriding legitimate grounds for the processing that may apply.
13.Gaining access to the data we hold about youYou have the right to see or have a copy of personal data we hold that can identify you. You do not need to give a reason to see your data. However, some information may be withheld under some exceptional circumstances. If you want to access your personal information you must do so in writing by completing our Subject Access Request (SAR) form send it to: Data Protection Officer Carol Sheils Practice Manager Ridgmount Practice 8 Ridgmount Street London WC1E 7AA14.What is the right to know?The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) gives people a general right of access to information held by or on behalf of public authorities, promoting a culture of openness and accountability across the public sector. g.What sort of information can I request?In theory, you can request any information that the Practice holds that does not fall under an exemption under the FOI Act. You may not ask for information that is covered by the Data Protection Act or EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) under FOIA. However, you can request this under a Subject Access Request – see section above ‘Gaining access to the data we hold about you’. h.How do I make a request for information?Your request must be in writing and can be either posted or emailed to: Email: gpp@nhs.net
Post: Carol Sheils
Practice Manager
Ridgmount Practice, 8 Ridgmount Street, London WC1E 7AA
15.Glossary of TermsCommon Law of Duty of Confidentiality - is not written out in one document like the GDPR or an Act of Parliament. Common Law is also referred to as ‘judge-made’ or case law. In practice, this means that all patient/client information, whether held on paper, computer, visually or audio recorded, or held in the memory of the professional, must not normally be disclosed without the consent of the patient/client. However, where the disclosure/sharing of the patient/client information is for the purpose of Direct Care consent to such disclosure/sharing may be implied where it is informed, given there is a legitimate relationship between the patient/client and the health professional. Personal Data - means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘data subject’); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person. Special Categories of Personal Data – data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, or trade union membership, and the processing of genetic data, biometric data for the purpose of uniquely identifying a natural person, data concerning health or data concerning a natural person’s sex life or sexual orientation shall be prohibited. |
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