How we and other organisations use your confidential patient information
51²èÂ¥ is one of many organisations working in the health and care system to improve care for patients and the public.
Whenever you use a care service provided by the Council, important information about you is collected in a client record for that service. Collecting this information helps to ensure you get the best possible care.
The information collected about you when you use these services can also be used and provided to other organisations for purposes beyond your individual care, for instance to help with:
- improving the quality and standards of care provided
- research into the development of new treatments
- preventing illness and diseases
- monitoring safety
- planning services
This may only take place when there is a clear legal basis to use this information. All these uses help to provide better health and care for you, your family and future generations. Confidential patient information about your health and care is only used like this when allowed by law.
Most of the time, anonymised or pseudonymised data is used for research and planning so that you cannot be identified and in which case your confidential patient information isn’t needed.