The Child and Family Practice is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected.

We collect and maintain different types of personal information to compile Patient care records and reports. Patient Care records may be electronic, on paper or a mixture of both, and we use a combination of working practices and technology to ensure that your information is kept confidential and secure.

Why we collect your data:
We only collect the relevant personal data that you provide for yourself in order for us to provide full triage care for you.

What we collect:
We may collect the following information:
• Name(s), Date of Birth, Address, Email Address, Contact number(s)
• GP details/ health professional details that are involved in your health care
• Further clinical information in relation to reports from other health professionals

The type of personal information we may require, as provided by you, may be for the following purposes:
• Booking appointments
• Notes and reports about your health
• Details about your treatment and care
• Sharing information with relevant health professionals as consented by you.
• Relevant information from other health professionals, relatives or those who care for you
• Invoicing information

The Child and Family Practice collects personal information directly from you or will ask your permission if information is required from a third party.

How is Your Personal Information Protected?
The Child and Family Practice maintains physical, technical and procedural safeguards of the personal information in question. These safeguards are designed to protect your personal information from loss and unauthorised access, copying, use, modification or disclosure.

How long is Your Personal Information Retained?
Except as otherwise permitted or required by applicable law or regulatory requirements
The Child and Family Practice will retain your personal information only for as long as it believes is necessary to fulfil the purposes for which the personal information was collected.

Controlling your personal information
The Child and Family Practice will not distribute personal information to third parties unless we have your explicit permission, in an emergency, or are required by law to do so. You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). If you believe that any information we are holding about you is incorrect or incomplete, please email or write to us as soon as possible to the address provided below. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.

How you can withdraw and request to be deleted from our files
If you do not wish us to make use of your Personal Information in this way, please contact:

The Child and Family Practice
60 Bloomsbury Street
London WC1B 3QU
Email: info@tcfp.org.uk