St. James Medical Centre |
Burnley Road, Rawtenstall, BB48HH01706 213060 |
The Computer SystemA summary of your medical records will be held on computer - these are strictly confidential. GDPR requirements will be applied to your medical record to continue to ensure that your medical data record is kept safe and only accessed by healthcare professionals as defined in the 'privacy notices 'in the GDPR section in the downloads section of this website.The Protection And Use Of Patient InformationWe 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, because it may be needed if we see you again.We may use some of this information for other reasons; for example, to help us protect the health of the public generally and to see that the NHS runs efficiently, plans for the future, trains its staff, pays its bills and can account for its actions. Information may also be needed to help educate tomorrow's clinical staff and to carry out medical and other health research for the benefit of everyone. Sometimes the law requires us to pass on information: for example, to notify a birth. The NHS Central Register for England and Wales contains basic personal details of all patients registered with general practitioners. The register does not contain clinical information. You have a right of access to your health records. Everyone working for the NHS has a legal duty to keep information about you confidential.You may be receiving care from other people as well as the NHS. So that we can all work together for your benefit we may need to share some information about you.We only ever use or pass on information about you if people have a genuine need for it in your and everyone's interests. Whenever we can we shall remove details which identify you. Law strictly controls the sharing of some types of very sensitive personal information. Anyone who receives information from us is also under a legal duty to keep that information confidential. The main reasons for which your information may be needed
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Announcements
Telephone /Video Triage System
SJMC operates a telephone/video triage system, please see the Apoointments section of the website.
COVID 19 Privacy Notice
A Covid 19 Privacy notice has been published for the practice. Please the downloads section.
Prescribing of Over the Counter Medicines
Your GP, nurse or pharmacist will not generally give you a prescription for medication that can be bought over the counter for a range of s ... read more » More InformationYour Doctors |