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Governance & Confidentiality

BMA GDPR Guidance (Updated April 2018)

A hub page for GDPR information has now been launched on the BMA website. This provides information on the regulation and hosts a suite of resources and blogs to help guide members. This page will be updated regularly as new guidance is published and more GP focussed information and resources...

Compliance with national data opt-out policy

GP practices must comply with the national data opt-out policy by March 2020. Please see below a link to the NHS Digital website which provides guidance for practices on what they need to do to and how to provide patients with appropriate...

Data Privacy Notice

Kent Local Medical Committee Data Privacy Notice Plain English description Under the current Act, NHS England and the Kent and Medway Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG) are required to consult the LMC on a wide range of topics affecting GPs' contracts. The LMC represents the views of the...

Medical Records and Adoption

When a child is adopted do I have to go through the medical record to delete all references to the previous surname? Following lengthy discussions with the Department of Health Solicitors, the NHS Central Registration Department have been adivsed that there is no statutory requirement for...

NHSE Managing Conflicts of Interest Guidance

https://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/pc-co-comms/coi/

Parents requesting access to their children’s medical records: LMC Advice

A child is defined as Under 18 by the Children's Act 1989 We are often asked if a parent can have access to their child's medical record when there is a clearly a dispute with the other parent. Anyone with 'Parental Responsibility' can apply to access a child's record. Who has Parental...