Confidentiality affects everyone. We as a Trust have a legal basis to gather, store and process large amounts of information on a daily basis. This includes medical records, personal records and computerised information for the purposes of preventive or occupational medicine; medical diagnosis; or if the process is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest. This information is used by many people throughout the course of their daily work.
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trusts takes staff training extremely seriously. This is to ensure that nobody will access or use your information without a relevant reason, and to stop accidental loss, damage and destruction of any of your medical, personal and electronic records.
• The right information is available if you see another doctor, or are referred to a specialist or another part of the NHS.
• Adults’ and children’s social care services.
The Leeds Care Record is a shared system that allows Healthcare staff within the Leeds Health and Social Care community to appropriately access the most up-to-date and correct information about patients, to deliver the best possible care.
When attending the Trust for an outpatient appointment or a procedure you may be asked to confirm that the Trust has the correct contact number for you. This can be used to provide appointment details via SMS text messages and automated calls to advise you of appointment times.
• An indication of what information you are requesting, to enable the Trust to locate it in an efficient manner.
You as an individual have the right to have erased any records that have been inaccurately added to your medical records, personal records or other computerised system. If you think any information is inaccurate or incorrect, please contact us using the details on the next page.
Ultimately, if you are unhappy with the way we have handled your information you have the right to make a complaint to the Trust or to the Information Commissioner’s Office (the ICO).
The Freedom of information Act 2000 provides any person with the right to obtain information held by the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, subject to exemptions.