Dromara Surgery Practice Privacy Notice

Your data, privacy and the Law. How we use your medical records 

•	This practice handles medical records according to the laws on data protection and confidentiality.

•	We share medical records with health professionals who are involved in providing you with care and treatment. This is on a need to know basis and event by event.

•	Some of your data is automatically copied to the Northern Ireland Electronic Care Record.

•	We may share some of your data with the local Out of Hours Services

•	Data about you is used to manage national screening campaigns such as Flu, Cervical cytology and Diabetes prevention.

•	Data about you, usually de-identified, is used to manage the NHS and make payments.

•	We share information when the law requires us to do, for instance when we are inspected or reporting certain illnesses or safeguarding vulnerable people. 

•	Your data is used to check the quality of care provided by the NHS. 

•	We may also share medical records for medical research

For more information please read on or contact the surgery directly to clarify any points.