PATIENT RIGHTS​

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Patients are provided with sufficient information about the purpose, importance, benefits, risks and possible costs associated with proposed investigations, referrals or treatments to enable patients to make informed decisions about their health.  Patients are provided with adequate information about our practice to facilitate access to care.

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PRIVACY POLICY

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Your medical record is a confidential document. It is the policy of this Practice to maintain security of personal health information at all times and to ensure that this information is only available to authorised members of staff. Consistent with our commitment to quality health care this practice has developed a policy to protect patient privacy in compliance with the national privacy legislation.  Our policy informs you

 

• That we need your consent to collect information about you

• Why we need to collect your information

• How your information will be used by us and to whom we may need to disclose it

• That you  may request access to the information we hold about you

• That you may discuss any concerns you have about how we handle your information

 

(Talk to your doctor for information or click here to read our privacy policy)