New data regulations Posted or Updated on 6 Nov 2024

As of 25 May 2018 under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) we must ensure that your personal confidential data (PCD) is handled in ways that are transparent and that you would reasonably expect. The Health and Social Care Act 2012 has altered the way that personal confidential data are processed. Consequently you must be aware and understand these changes and that you have the opportunity to object and understand how to exercise that right.

Health care professionals who provide you with care are required by law to maintain records about your health and any treatment or care you have received within any NHS organisation. These records help to provide you with the best possible healthcare.

Please see the page "our data, privacy and the law" on this website for more information.