Privacy Notice for Children
All of the stuff written about you is very private and we don’t tell anyone else about it unless they’re looking after you like we are or trying to make you feel better too.
The doctors, nurses, and people sitting at the front desks can look at the stuff written about you if they need to but if they do, they’re not allowed to tell anyone else about it.
And if our doctors and nurses don’t know why you’re poorly, they’ll ask someone at the hospital to see you and we will give that doctor or nurse the stuff written about you and ask them what’s making you feel unwell. But sometimes we have to tell other people about the stuff that’s written about you that we keep at the doctors surgery because sometimes, “it’s the law”, and we might get in to trouble if we don’t.
So, if a judge or the police men and women tell us to, we have to give them the stuff we’ve got written about you too.
If you’re poorly and your friends and class at school could catch it, then we might need to let the right people know so they can try and make sure that no-one else gets poorly too.
Sometimes we have to tell other people if we’re worried that you, or someone else in your family, could be in danger but if we can, we’ll always tell you if we were going to tell someone else about the stuff we have written about you at the doctors.
Some other places with doctors and nurses, like the Accident and Emergency room at the hospital, or other doctors and nurses that you might see when your doctors is closed, can have a little look at the stuff written about you but only if they ask you (or your mum or dad) first. It could be really helpful to them when they’re trying to make you feel better. You don’t have to say yes if they ask you, and you can ask your doctors to not let anyone look at your written stuff if you want.
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The people at your doctors can also look at some of your hospital records, so if you had a broken arm and went to hospital about it, they can see what the x-ray looked like. That can really help the people at the doctors to make you better.
Any Questions?
If you have any questions, then ask someone at the doctors surgery.