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We ask you for information so that you can receive proper care and
treatment. We keep this information, together with details of your care,
because it may be needed if we see you again.
We may use some of this information for other reasons; for example, to
help us protect the health of the public generally and to see that the
NHS runs efficiently, plans for the future, trains its staff, pays its
bills and can account for its actions.
Information may also be needed to educate tomorrow’s clinical staff and
to carry out medical and other health research for the benefit of
everyone. Sometimes the law requires us to pass on information: for
example, to notify a birth.
The Central Register for England & Wales contains basic personal details
of all patients registered with a general practitioner. The Register
does not contain clinical information.
EVERYONE WHO WORKS FOR THE NHS HAS A LEGAL DUTY TO KEEP INFORMATION
ABOUT YOU CONFIDENTIAL.
You may be receiving care from other people as well as the NHS. So that
we can all work together for your benefit, we need to share information
about you. We only ever use or pass on information about you if people
have a genuine need for it in your and everyone’s interests.
Wherever possible, we will remove details that identify you. The Law
strictly controls the sharing of some types of very sensitive personal
information.
Anyone who receives information from us is also under a legal duty to
keep it confidential.
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