Category: Blog
Process change for re-assigning gender and sex identity for children and young people under 18 in the GP record
NHSE has recently released the following important process change letter that states: All healthcare professionals should be aware that in […]
Do we need cyber insurance?
NHS owned GP IT equipment is not required to be individually insured within the contents insurance of a GP. Cyber […]
HNY Information Sharing Charter 2024
Here we have a copy of the most recent version of the HNY Information Charing Charter that includes an Information […]
Confidentiality: disclosing information for education and training purposes
We sometimes receive queries about this topic, and this guidance from the GMC sets out what to do if you […]
Vaccine Damage Payment Process
The scheme is a statutory process operated by the UK Government. It requires claimants to provide medical information as set […]
For practices who decide to only provide SARs to patients, not solicitors
When a Subject Access Request (SAR) is received from a solicitor acting on behalf of the patient, some Practices adopt […]
LPA for Property and Affairs
The Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) produced a short guidance document in 2021 that was specifically aimed towards NHS […]
Parental Responsibility Flowchart
This document covers the main scenarios that you might come across when trying to ascertain who has parental responsibility for […]
Disclosures to Third Parties and Mental Capacity
This is a useful document from the MDU that covers most of the potential organisations who may request records and […]
Secure emailing to non-NHS email addresses
As surgeries make increasing use of email for providing patients with Subject Access Requests, we are often asked how to […]