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Accountable GP

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Accountable GP From the 1st April 2015 the NHS requires that every patient is allocated a named accountable GP. All patients registered patients have been allocated a named GP and any newly registered patients will be allocated a named GP within 21 days of registering. This is for administrative purposes only and you retain the … Continued

Privacy Notice for Children

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Privacy Notice for Children We keep records about you and your health so we can look after you. Your name, where you live and how old you are Who you live with and who looks after you What care we have given you Photographs we take of you Results and scans of your body like … Continued

Minuteful Kidney Policy

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Purpose: To inform patients about the service collaboration between the practice and Healthy.io. Patients can be directed to the GP Practices Privacy Notice should they wish to understand more about the service. Information: Minuteful Kidney service for patients with diabetes (and/or other conditions) The data is being processed for the purpose of delivery of a … Continued

Opioids and Gabapentinoids

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Practice Patient Agreement when Commencing Opioids and Gabapentinoids Goal of Treatment Decrease your pain to allow you to exercise and rehabilitate your injury. Support the introduction of self-care to manage your long-term condition. What you need to do Use your medication ONLY as directed by the GP or healthcare practitioner prescribing your medication. Realise that … Continued

Registration removals policy

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Registration removals policy We aim to provide care to you as long as you remain in our practice area. In exceptional circumstances the practice may decide to remove you from our practice list and revoke patient care services. Examples of such circumstances which would justify removal include: Unacceptable behaviour – examples include physical violence, physical or … Continued

Complaints

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Complaints Our aim is to give you the highest possible standard of service and we will try to deal quickly with any problems that may occur. We operate a practice complaints procedure as part of the NHS system for dealing with complaints. If you have a complaint or are concerned about the service you have … Continued

Confidentiality & Medical Records

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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. … Continued

GP Earnings

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GP Earnings NHS England require that the net earnings of doctors engaged in the practice is publicised, and the required disclosure is shown below. However, it should be noted that the prescribed method for calculating earnings is potentially misleading because it takes no account of how much time doctors spend working in the practice and … Continued

Violence removals policy

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Violence removals policy The NHS operate a zero tolerance policy with regard to violence and abuse and the practice has the right to remove violent patients from the list with immediate effect in order to safeguard practice staff, patients and other persons. Violence in this context includes actual or threatened physical violence or verbal abuse … Continued