INFORMATION ABOUT YOU

Our Commitment to Confidentiality

Everyone working in the health care sector has a legal duty to keep information about you confidential. Data protection law strictly controls the sharing of some types of very personal information and anyone to whom we give information also has a legal duty to keep it confidential. We ask you for information about yourself so that you can receive proper care and treatment. We keep this information, together with details of your care, securely in our medical information system under the supervision of our health records staff, in case we need to see you again. We are extremely aware of the need for confidentiality, particularly on a small island. We use some of this information, where possible sparingly and on an anonymous basis, for other purposes, e.g.

• to protect the health of the public
• to show that our hospital runs efficiently
• to plan for the future
• to train our staff
• to account for our actions
• to help educate tomorrow’s clinical staff (you can choose whether or not you want to be involved)
• to carry out medical and health research (if anything to do with the research involves you personally, you will be given the choice of taking part or not and you will not be identified in any published results)

Next of Kin

Unless you tell us of any special requirements, your next of kin, family or friends will be kept up to date with the progress of your treatment.

Sharing Information with other Agencies

You may be dealing with or receiving care from other agencies. We may need to share information with them about you. We ensure that we act only in professional confidence. We pass on information about you only if it is in your own or the public interest. If you have particular concerns in this area, you may speak to the person in charge of your care or contact a senior manager, e.g. the Clinical General Manager responsible for the service you are receiving, or the Health Records Manager who manages the storage, retrieval and use of patient information. Please ask.

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