8 Loy Street | Cookstown | County Tyrone | BT80 8PE

Confidentiality & Medical Records

Confidentiality & Medical Records

The practice complies with data protection and access to medical records legislation. Identifiable information about you will be shared with others in the following circumstances:

  • To provide further medical treatment for you e.g. from district nurses and hospital services.
  • To help you get other services e.g. from the social work department. This requires your consent.
  • When we have a duty to others e.g. in child protection cases anonymised patient information will also be used at local and national level to help the Health Board and Government plan services e.g. for diabetic care.

If you do not wish anonymous information about you to be used in such a way, please let us know.
Reception and administration staff require access to your medical records in order to do their jobs. These members of staff are bound by the same rules of confidentiality as the medical staff.

DNA (Did Not Attend) Policy

If a patient DNA’s two consecutive appointments with a DR or Nurse a formal letter will be issued warning that should a further appointment be missed within the next 12 months period, it will be discussed with the Partners of the Practice, and may result in the removal from the Practice list.

Freedom of Information

Information about the General Practioners and the practice required for disclosure under this act can be made available to the public. All requests for such information should be made to the practice manager.