Here is a list of some of our policies that are available online. More will be added in due course.
The practice operates a Chaperone policy in line with good medical practice and to protect patients and staff. Please request at reception before any intimate exam or discuss with your clinician.
Reviewed September 2020
The practice has a GDPR notice in line with advice from the Information Commissioners Office. Click here.
Reviewed September 2020
Patients and service users, please be aware of your Type 1 and NDOO rights.
Read the NHS guidance: Make your choice about sharing data from your health records - NHS.
Choose if your data is shared for research and planning:
Choose if data from your health records is shared for research and planning - NHS
The practice has a detailed privacy notice that contains links to our various data policies including how we aim to manage all data in accordance with GDPR. Click here.
Link to our Data Protection Policy here.
Link to our ICO Registration here.
Find out more about your data protection rights here.
National Data Opt-out information here.
Update to practice privacy notice - GPES CVD here.
Link to practice privacy notice for Eastlondonhcp here.
A new data collection has been authorised use of online and video consultation systems in General Practice. Link to all details can be found here:
https://digital.nhs.uk/about-nhs-digital/corporate-information-and-documents/directions-and-data-provision-notices/data-provision-notices-dpns/online-and-video-consultation-undertaken-in-general-practice
Link to Transparency notice for NHS Digital that contains a list of notices on how your data is shared and for what purpose here. Directions and data provision notices are here.
We are participating in Community Anticoagulation data agreement with NEL. A number of regulatory, clinical, patient safety and financial governance concerns have been raised relating to the provision of care by community anticoagulation providers. This is to analyse records for that. More details available upon request.
More policies are in the detailed privacy notice document. For any questions, please get in touch / ask for Dr Akhter.
This practice is part of a Primary Care Network (PCN) that is part of a larger Integrated Care Board (ICB) which has access to the Havering Proactive Care Dashboard. More details on information governance and accessibility information can be found here:
This practice is supporting vital coronavirus (COVID-19) planning and research by sharing your data with NHS Digital.
The following links deal with the relevant areas:
1. Transparency notice - how we look after your personal data
https://digital.nhs.uk/about-nhs-digital/our-work/keeping-patient-data-safe/gdpr/gdpr-register
2. NHS Digital - How we keep your data safe and look after your health and care information
3. COVID-19 Response Transparency notice
4. NHS Digital Transparency notice - GPES Data for pandemic planning in light of COVID-19
5. General Practice Transparency notice
6. GPES Data for pandemic planning
The practice has policies on violence, complaints and information on Gp earnings here.
Please find practice complaints policy here.