In May 2018 new data protection laws came into affect across the EU including the United Kingdom. The purpose of these laws are to create more transparency so individuals have more control over how their personal data is used and stored by the companies and businesses the person uses.

As a medical centre, due to the sensitive nature of the data we store, we have  always had to have very stringent policies in place for the governance of the data we hold. Indeed the new regulations were actually a mechanism to bring the rest of British Industry up to the same standard that the Healthcare Industry has always worked under.

The new laws therefore made no changes to how we use your data and keep your data secure. We do however need to provide more information to our patients about how we hold the data and how you can access the data we use. To which end we have created a Patient Privacy Policy which contains all the information you need about your data and how it is used as well as a Surgery specific Data Protection Policy this document contains an embedded link 'Other rights' which can also be found below. You can ask for a copy of these at reception but to save on trees here is a copy; also available is our Data Sharing Agreement with NHS Tayside:

• Patient Privacy Policy
• Data Protection Policy
• Other Rights
• NHS Data Sharing policy

As a business we need to make ‘reasonable’ efforts to ensure the data we hold on our customers is correct. Having the correct addresses and contact details of our patients is crucial in ensuring that results, referrals etc are sent to the correct addresses. Please help us by letting us know as soon as you move house, change your mobile number or email address.