Privacy notice

The purpose of this notice is to inform you about the type of information (including personal information) that the partner organisations to the East Midlands Alliance for Mental Health, Learning Disabilities and Autism hold to perform its provision of direct patient care, how that information is used, who we share it with and how we keep it secure and confidential.

 

The East Midlands Alliance for Mental Health, Learning Disabilities and Autism is a group of organisations working in collaboration. Our partner organisations have their own privacy notices which you can find out more about on their websites:

 

Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust privacy notice

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust privacy notice

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust privacy notice

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust privacy notice

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust privacy notice

St Andrew’s Healthcare privacy notice

 

Your local health and social care organisations have a duty to keep complete, accurate and up-to-date information about your care so that you can receive the best possible support. When appropriate they also share information with other professionals that are supporting you, which could include GPs, hospital-based specialists, social workers, nurses, psychologists and health visitors.

 

The UK Union Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) have increased the rights that individuals have over their personal data.  These data laws require organisations such as the ICB, hospitals and GPs to give their staff and customers the:

• right to be informed on how their personal data is processed;
• right to access what information is held;
• right to rectification to correct inaccurate or complete information held.

 

You have the right to access any identifiable personal data that is being processed or shared and have any inaccuracies corrected. There is no right to have accurate medical records deleted except when ordered by a Court of Law.

• Right to delete inappropriately held information;
• Right to restrict processing of some personal data;
• Right to data portability whereby certain data can be transferred to another organisation;
• Right to object to have their information used for marketing or research purposes.

 

You have the right to object to your personal information being processed. Please contact the relevant organisation via the privacy notice links above if you wish to object to the processing of your data.

 

You should be aware that this is a right to raise an objection which is not the same as having an absolute right to have your wishes granted in every circumstance where the partner organisation of the East Midlands Alliance for Mental Health, Learning Disabilities and Autism have compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which may override the interests, rights and freedoms in the right to object.

 

This website is managed by Northamptonshire NHS Healthcare Foundation Trust (NHFT) on behalf of the Alliance:

Northamptonshire NHS Healthcare Foundation Trust (NHFT)

St Mary’s Hospital

London Road

Kettering

NN15 7PW

Controller Data Protection Licence: Z6769102

 

Data Protection Officer (DPO) Sarah Ratcliffe

Email: DPO@nhft.nhs.uk

 

Right to complain

You have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office by visiting their website or by calling their helpline on 0303 123 1113.