1. How we use your personal information
This notice tells you why The Brzeski Clinic collects information about you and/or your child and how this information may be used. The health care professionals, who provide your care, maintain records about your health and any treatment or care you have received here or previously. These records help provide you with the best possible health care. Our records are electronic and on paper and we use a combination of working practices and technology to ensure your information is kept confidential and secure. Records which this clinic holds about you may include the following information:
Information may be used within the clinic for clinical audit purposes to monitor the quality of the services we provide. All of your information may be used for statistical purposes. Where we do this, we take strict measures to ensure that individual patients cannot be identified. Sometimes your information may be requested for research purposes – in such instances we will always ask your consent before releasing such information.
2. How do we maintain the confidentiality of your records?
2.1 We are committed to protecting your privacy and will only use information collected lawfully in accordance with:
2.2 Every member of staff who works at The Brzeski Clinic has a legal obligation to keep information about you confidential.
3. Who do we share your information with?
3.1 We only ever pass on information about you to others, if there is a genuine need for it and you have given your consent. This may be your GP, dentist or other health care professionals, a solicitor or for court proceedings.
3.2 We will not disclose any information about you to any third party without your written permission or in case of a child’s information the parental consent, unless there are exceptional circumstances (i.e. life or death situations), where the law requires information to be passed on and/or in accordance with the Caldicott principles.
4. Access to your personal information
You have a right under the General Data Protection Rules 2018 to request access to view or obtain copies of what information the Brzeski Clinic holds about you and to have it amended should it be inaccurate. In order to request this you need to do the following:
5. Objections/Complaints
Should you have any concerns about how your information is managed at the clinic, please contact thebrzeskiclinic@gmail.com in the first instance. If you are still unhappy following a review by The Brzeski Clinic, you can then complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office via their website (www.ico.gov.uk)
6. Change of details
6.1 It is important that you tell the person treating you if any of your details such as your name or address have changed or if any of your details such as date of birth is incorrect in order for us to correct it.
6.2 If you do not attend the clinic for eight years, your notes will be automatically destroyed in line with GDPR regulations.
7. Notification & Data Controller
The Brzeski Clinic is registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office as the Data Controller.