The processing of personal data for the provision of direct care is supported under the Regulations in:
Article 6 (1)(e) ‘necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest and in the exercise of official authority’
Article 9(2)(h) ‘necessary for the purposes of preventative or occupational medicine for the assessment of working capacity of the employee, medical diagnosis, the provision of health or social care or treatment or management of health or social care systems.’
Request that they be opted out of the Great North Care Record – contact our helpline on 0344 811 9587, email us, or refer to the opt-out section on the Patients page
Allow them to be automatically opted in – if you are happy with this, you will not have to do anything further
As health professionals, we believe that better sharing of information will mean safer care, so we hope that most people will remain opted in. If a guardian, carer, or person with power of attorney requests to have someone opted out of record sharing, their request is considered by the patient’s GP. The GP would make the final decision in the patient’s best interests.