Everyone working within the NHS has a legal duty to keep information about you confidential. Similarly, anyone who receives information from us also has a legal duty to keep it confidential.

#### Direct Care Purposes

- • Trusts and hospitals that are involved in your care. • Trusts and hospitals that are involved in your care.
- • Digital and other NHS bodies. • Digital and other NHS bodies.
- • General Practitioners (GPs) or Primary Care Networks (which are groups of • General Practitioners (GPs) or Primary Care Networks (which are groups of GP Practices).
- • Services. • Services.
- • Care Board’s (ICB) • Care Board’s (ICB)

You may be receiving care from other people as well as the NHS, for example Social Care Services. We may need to share some information about you with them so we can all work together for your benefit if they have a genuine need for it or we have your permission. Therefore, we may also share your information, subject to strict agreement about how it will be used, with:

- • Care Services. • Care Services.
- • Services. • Services.
- • Authorities. • Authorities.
- • and private sector providers working with or for the NHS. Such as Dentists, • and private sector providers working with or for the NHS. Such as Dentists, Pharmacies. Opticians & care homes

#### Indirect Care Purposes:

We also use information we hold about you to:

- • the care we provide to ensure it is of the highest standard and quality • the care we provide to ensure it is of the highest standard and quality
- • our services can meet patient needs in the future • our services can meet patient needs in the future
- • patient queries, complaints and legal claims • patient queries, complaints and legal claims
- • the hospital receives payment for the care you receive • the hospital receives payment for the care you receive
- • statistics regarding NHS performance • statistics regarding NHS performance
- • NHS accounts and services • NHS accounts and services
- • heath research and development (with your consent – you may choose • heath research and development (with your consent – you may choose whether or not to be involved)
- • train and educate healthcare professionals • train and educate healthcare professionals
- • and social care policy, planning and commissioning purposes • and social care policy, planning and commissioning purposes
- • Federations • Federations
- • health purposes, including COVID-19 • health purposes, including COVID-19

#### Refusing or withdrawing consent

- • possible consequences of refusing consent will be fully explained to the patient • possible consequences of refusing consent will be fully explained to the patient at the time and could include delays in receiving care.
- • those instances where the legal basis for sharing of confidential personal • those instances where the legal basis for sharing of confidential personal information relies on the patient's explicit or implied consent, then the patient has the right at any time to refuse their consent to the information sharing, or to withdraw their consent previously given.
- • instances where the legal basis for sharing information relies on a statutory • instances where the legal basis for sharing information relies on a statutory duty/power, such as disclosures of notifiable diseases