Confidentiality & Medical Records
Please see 'Your Data Matters' and 'How we collect, look after and use your data'.
Reception and administration staff require access to your medical records in order to do their jobs. These members of staff are bound by the same rules of confidentiality as the medical staff.
Access to Records
In accordance with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), patients may request to see their medical records. Such requests should be made at reception and may be subject to an administration charge. No information will be released without the patient consent unless we are legally obliged to do so.
Complaints
We make every effort to give the best service possible to everyone who attends our practice.
However, we are aware that things can go wrong resulting in a patient feeling that they have a genuine cause for complaint. If this is so, we would wish for the matter to be settled as quickly, and as amicably, as possible.
To pursue a complaint please contact the practice manager who will deal with your concerns appropriately. Further written information is available regarding the complaints procedure from reception or in the attachment below.
COMPLAINT FORM
Violence Policy
The NHS operate a zero tolerance policy with regard to violence and abuse and the practice has the right to remove violent patients from the list with immediate effect in order to safeguard practice staff, patients and other persons. Violence in this context includes actual or threatened physical violence or verbal abuse which leads to fear for a person’s safety. In this situation we will notify the patient in writing of their removal from the list and record in the patient’s medical records the fact of the removal and the circumstances leading to it.
Safeguarding:
Fundamental Standards
Children and Young Adults
Safeguarding Children with Complex Medical Needs who Travel Outside of the Local Authority or Abroad | Leeds Safeguarding Children Partnership (leedsscp.org.uk)
Equality & Diversity Policy
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE:
Statement of Purpose
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