At this practice the need for the strict confidentiality of personal information about patients is taken very seriously. This document sets out our policy for maintaining confidentiality and all members of the practice team must comply with these safeguards as part of their contract of employment/contract for services with the practice.
To provide you with a high standard of dental care and attention we need to hold personal information about you. This personal data includes:
We need to keep comprehensive and accurate personal data about our patients in order to provide them with safe and appropriate dental care.
We will process personal that we hold about you in the following way:
Personal information about you is held in the practice’s computer system. The information is not accessible to the public; only authorised members of staff have access to it. Our computer system has secure audit trails and we back up information routinely.
To provide proper and safe dental care we may need to disclose personal information about you to:
Disclosure will take place on the «need-to-know» basis, so that only these individuals/ organizations who need to know in order to provide care to you and for proper administration of Government will be given the information. Only that information that the recipient needs to know will be disclosed.
In very limited circumstances or when required by law or a court order, personal data may have to be disclosed to a third party not connected with your health care. In all other situation, disclosure that is not covered by this Code of Practice will only occur when we have your specific consent.
Where possible you will be informed of these requests for disclosure.
If you do not wish personal data that we hold about you to be disclosed or used in the way that is described in this Code of Practice please discuss the matter with your dentist. You have the right to object, but this may affect our ability to provide you with dental care.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us: