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Freedom of Information

The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 enables any person requesting information from a public body to receive that information, subject to certain exemptions. This is to encourage public authorities e.g. GP Practices to be more open and accountable and organise their information in an efficient and accessible way.

This excludes personal data.

The Practice Publication Scheme Document is available to view, please contact the Practice Manager for more information.

Data Protection

Under the Data Protection Act 1998 you are entitled to access your clinical records held by the practice. Please request this in writing stating exactly what information you require. A charge may apply for this request of between £10 - £50. (Please ask us for a form)

Confidentiality of Records

Practices undergo regular visits by external assessors, whose purpose is to verify the process of the practices quality of care to the patient; therefore they may need to view records of a random number of individual patients. The visiting team adheres to a strict code of confidentiality.

We are currently involved in research studies for which we provide anonymised information from patients’ notes.  You cannot be identified in any way from this information as none of your personal details are given to researchers. For more information see our Health Record Sharing policy.

If you do not wish your records to be inspected and/or included in anonymous data collection, then please inform the Practice Manager.

 
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