BPMP - Chaperone Policy
BPMP - Confidentiality Policy
BPMP - Consent Policy
BPMP - Infection Control Policy
BPMP - Patient Dignity and Respect Policy
BPMP - Safeguarding (child protection)
BPMP - Safeguarding Adult Policy

Health Information Exchange

Brunswick Park Medical Practice is part of the Health Information Exchange.

The NHS is joining up health and care information across our boroughs for residents in Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey and IslingtonBetter information will improve the local services health and care services you receive The joined-up record will mean that the health and care professionals involved in your care can see your information and make quicker and safer decisions about your care. We are joining up health and care records across Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey and Islington. For more information see the leaflet HIE leaflet and the website http://www.northlondonpartners.org.uk/joined-up-care-recordIf you wish to opt out simply complete the form on the leaflet and return it to us or to the freepost address on the leaflet. Leaflets are also available at reception.

Confidentiality and medical records

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. This requires your consent.

• When we have a duty to others e.g. in child protection cases anonymised patient information will also be used at local and national level to help the Health Board and Government plan services e.g. for diabetic care.

If you do not wish anonymous information about you to be used in such a way, please let us know.Reception and administration staff require access to your medical records in order to do their jobs. These members of staff are bound by the same rules of confidentiality as the medical staff.

Freedom of Information

Information about the General Practitioners and the practice required for disclosure under this act can be made available to the public. All requests for such information should be made to the practice manager.

Access to Records

In accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and Access to Health Records Act, patients may request to see their medical records. Such requests should be made through the practice manager and may be subject to an administration charge. No information will be released without the patient consent unless we are legally obliged to do so.

Named GP

In accordance with NHS guidelines, we are now required to allocate all patients a Named accountable GP, who is responsible for a patient's overall care at the practice.

The Named GP will take lead responsibility for the coordination of all services required. This does NOT mean that you can only see your named GP, you are free to make an appointment with your preferred doctor.

If you wish to know who YOUR named GP is, please contact the practice.

Summary Care Record

There is a new Central NHS Computer System called the Summary Care Record (SCR). The Summary Care Record is meant to help emergency doctors and nurses help you when you contact them when the surgery is closed. Initially, it will contain just your medications and allergies.Later on as the central NHS computer system develops, (known as the ‘Summary Care Record’ – SCR), other staff who work in the NHS will be able to access it along with information from hospitals, out of hours services, and specialists letters that may be added as well.Your information will be extracted from practices such as ours and held on central NHS databases.   As with all new systems there are pros and cons to think about. When you speak to an emergency doctor you might overlook something that is important and if they have access to your medical record it might avoid mistakes or problems, although even then, you should be asked to give your consent each time a member of NHS Staff wishes to access your record, unless you are medically unable to do so.On the other hand, you may have strong views about sharing your personal information and wish to keep your information at the level of this practice. Connecting for Health (CfH), the government agency responsible for the Summary Care Record have agreed with doctors’ leaders that new patients registering with this practice should be able to decide whether or not their information is uploaded to the Central NHS Computer System.For existing patients it is different in that it is assumed that you want your record uploaded to the Central NHS Computer System unless you actively opt out.For further information visit the HSCIC WebsiteIf you choose to opt out of the scheme, then you will need to complete a form and bring it along to the surgery.

Download the opt out form >>

Violence 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 which leads to fear for a person’s safety. In this situation we will notify the patient in writing of their removal from the list and record in the patient’s medical records the fact of the removal and the circumstances leading to it.