Kew Medical Practice
14 High Park Road, Kew, Richmond, TW9 4BH
Telephone: 020 8487 8292
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privacy note safeguarding
Privacy Notice – Safeguarding
| Some members of society are recognised as needing protection, for example children and vulnerable adults. If a person is identified as being at risk from harm we are expected as professionals to do what we can to protect them. In addition we are bound by certain specific laws that exist to protect individuals. This is called “Safeguarding”. Where there is a suspected or actual safeguarding issue we will share information that we hold with other relevant agencies whether or not the individual or their representative agrees. There are three laws that allow us to do this without relying on the individual or their representatives agreement (unconsented processing), these are: In addition there are circumstances when we will seek the agreement (consented processing) of the individual or their representative to share information with local child protection |
| 1) Data Controller contact details | Kew Medical Practice
14 High Park Road Kew TW9 4BH |
| 2) Data Protection Officer contact details |
Dr Moj Fitzmaurice
02084878292 |
| 3) Purpose of the processing | The purpose of the processing is to protect the child or vulnerable adult. |
| 4) Lawful basis for processing | The sharing is a legal requirement to protect vulnerable children or adults, therefore for the purposes of safeguarding children and vulnerable adults, the following Article 6 and 9 conditions apply: For consented processing; 6(1)(a) the data subject has given consent to the processing of his or her For unconsented processing; 6(1)(c) processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which Privacy Notice – Safeguarding the controller is subject and: We will consider your rights established under UK case law collectively known |
| 5) Recipient or categories of recipients of the shared data | The data will be shared with [insert local safeguarding services names and contact details] |
| 6) Rights to object | This sharing is a legal and professional requirememt and therefore there is no right to object. There is also GMC guidance: https://www.gmcuk.org/guidance/ethical_guidance/children_guidance_56_63_child_protection.a |
| 7) Right to access and correct | The DSs or legal representatives has the right to access the data that is being shared and have any inaccuracies corrected. There is no right to have accurate medical records deleted except when ordered by a court of Law. |
| 8) Retention period | The data will be retained for active use during any investigation and thereafter retained in an inactive stored form according to the law and national guidance |
| 9) Right to Complain. | You have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office, you can use this link https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ or calling their helpline Tel: 0303 123 1113 (local rate) or 01625 545 745 (national rate) There are National Offices for Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, (see ICO website) |
* “Common Law Duty of Confidentiality”, common law is not written out in one document like an Act of
Parliament. It is a form of law based on previous court cases decided by judges; hence, it is also referred to as
‘judge-made’ or case law. The law is applied by reference to those previous cases, so common law is also said
to be based on precedent.
The general position is that if information is given in circumstances where it is expected that a duty of
confidence applies, that information cannot normally be disclosed without the information provider’s consent.
In practice, this means that all patient information, whether held on paper, computer, visually or audio
recorded, or held in the memory of the professional, must not normally be disclosed without the consent of the
patient. It is irrelevant how old the patient is or what the state of their mental health is; the duty still applies.
Three circumstances making disclosure of confidential information lawful are:
• where the individual to whom the information relates has consented;
• where disclosure is in the public interest; and
• where there is a legal duty to do so, for example a court order.
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08:30am to 01:30pm
02:30pm to 06:30pm - Tuesday
08:30am to 01:30pm
02:30pm to 06:30pm - Wednesday
08:30am to 01:30pm
02:30pm to 06:30pm - Thursday
08:30am to 01:30pm
02:30pm to 06:30pm - Friday
08:30am to 01:30pm
02:30pm to 06:30pm - Saturday
CLOSED - Sunday
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