A General Practice is a trusted communitygoverned by an ethic of privacy and confidentiality.In order to provide for your care, we need tocollect and keep information about you and yourhealth in your personal medical record.Our policies are consistent with the MedicalCouncil guidelines and the privacy principles of theData Protection Regulations.This practice has voluntarily adopted therequirements of ‘Processing of Patient PersonalData: A Guideline for General Practitioners’.For further details please ask at reception for acopy of our Practice Privacy Statement or accessthe Guideline at http://www.icgp.ie/dataThank you…
Practice Name |
360 Medical |
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Practice Address |
Apple Wellness Centre, HH2, Hollyhill Industrial Estate, Hollyhill, Cork, T23YK84 | ||
Data Controller |
360 Medical | ||
Data Protection Officer |
Sinéad Creedon |
360 Medical wants to ensure the highest standard of medical care for our patients. We understand that a General Practice is a trusted community governed by an ethic of privacy and confidentiality. Our approach is consistent with the Medical Council guidelines and the privacy principles of the Data Protection Regulations. It is not possible to undertake medical care without collecting and processing personal data and data concerning health. In fact, to do so would be in breach of the Medical Council’s ‘Guide to Professional Conduct and Ethics for Doctors’. This leaflet is about advising you of our policies and practices on dealing with your medical information.
360 Medical has voluntarily signed up for the ICGP Data Protection Guideline for GPs. The processing of personal data in general practice is necessary in order to protect the vital interests of the patient and for the provision of health care and public health. You can access the Guideline at http://www.icgp.ie/data. In most circumstances we hold your data until 8 years after your death or 8 years since your last contact with the practice. There are exceptions to this rule and these are described in the Guideline referenced above.
In order to provide for your care here we need to collect and keep information about you and your health on our records.
We may need to pass some of this information to other health and social care professionals in order to provide you with the treatment and services you need. Only the relevant part of your record will be released. These other professionals are also legally bound to treat your information with the same duty of care and confidentiality that we do. We will of course obtain your written consent before passing any of your data to a 3rd party.
The law provides that in certain instances personal information (including health information) can be disclosed, for example, in the case of infectious diseases. Disclosure of information to Employers, Insurance Companies and Solicitors:
It is usual for GPs to discuss patient case histories as part of their continuing medical education or for the purpose of training GPs and/or other providers. In these situations the identity of the patient concerned will not be revealed and if the patient’s identity has to be revealed, we will obtain written consent for this purpose prior to such communication. In other situations however, it may be beneficial for other doctors within the practice to be aware of patients with particular conditions and in such cases this practice would only communicate the information necessary to provide the highest level of care to the patient.
It is usual for patient information to be used for research and audit in order to improve services and standards of practice. GPs on the specialist register of the Medical Council are required to perform yearly clinical audits. Information used for such purposes is done in an anonymised or pseudonymised manner with all personal identifying information removed. If it were proposed to use your information in a way where it would not be anonymous or the Practice was involved in external research we would discuss this further with you before we proceeded and seek your written informed consent. Please remember that the quality of the patient service provided can only be maintained and improved by training, teaching, audit and research.
You have the right of access to all the personal information held about you by this practice. If you wish to see your records, in most cases the quickest way is to discuss this with your doctor who will review the information in the record with you. You can make a formal written access request to the practice and receive a copy of your medical records. These will be provided to you within thirty days, without any cost to you.
If you decide at any time and for whatever reason to transfer to another practice we will facilitate that decision by making available to your new doctor a copy of your records on receipt of your signed consent from your new doctor. For medico-legal reasons we will also retain a copy of your records in this practice for an appropriate period of time which may exceed eight years.
You have other rights under data protection regulations in relation to transfer of data to a third country, the right to rectification or erasure, restriction of processing, objection to processing and data portability. Further information on these rights in the context of general practice is described in the Guideline available at http://www.icgp.ie/data. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Commissioner.
We hope this statement has explained any issues that may arise. If you have any questions, please speak to the clinical manager or your doctor.
The following Table applies for both Public and Private Patients and shows the categories of personal data processed by this practice.
Category of Personal Data |
Purpose of Processing |
Lawfulness of Processing |
Administrative: name, address, contact details (phone, mobile, email), dates of appointment | Necessary to support the administration of patient care in general practice | Article 6.1(d): processing is necessary in order to protect the vital interests of the data subject or of another natural person; Special Categories are processed under the derogations in Articles 9.2(h) and 9.2(i). Please see the notes under this table. |
Medical Record: Individual Health identifier, GMS number, PPSN, date of birth, religion, sexual orientation, gender, family members, family history, contact details of next of kin, contact details of carers, vaccination details, medication details, allergy details, current and past medical and surgical history, genetic data, laboratory test results, imaging test results, near patient test results, ECGs, Ultrasound scan images, and other data required to provide medical care. | Necessary to provide patient care in general practice. The PPS number is needed for specific schemes such as sickness certification (Department of Social Protection), childhood immunisation programme, mother and child scheme, cervical screening, etc. (HSE). | |
Account Details: record of billable services provided, patient name, address, contact details, billing and payment records for GMS and private patients | Required for providing a service and billing. Also required for submission of reimbursement claims to the HSE Primary Care Reimbursement Service. | Article 6.1(c): processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject (Revenue, Medical and Legal Obligations), and Article 6.1(b) in relation to getting paid for providing a service to private patients. |
Categories of Recipient |
Description |
Health and Social Care Providers | Other GPs, Health Service Executive, Voluntary Hospitals, Private Hospitals and Clinics, Private Consultants, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Social Workers, Palliative Care Services, Out of Hours Services, Pharmacies, Nursing Homes, Counselling Services, Diagnostic Imaging Services, Hospital Laboratories, and other health care providers |
Data Processors, with a contract | GP Practice Software Vendors, Online Data Backup Companies, Healthlink, |
Legal Arrangements | Coroner, Revenue, Social Protection, Medical Council, |
Public Health | Infectious disease notifications, influenza surveillance, |
Third Parties, with explicit patient consent | Solicitors, Insurance Companies, Health Insurance Companies, Banks, |
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