Contract holding GPs in the UK receive payments from their respective governments on a tiered basis. Most of the income is derived from baseline capitation payments made according to the number of patients registered with the practice on quarterly payment days. These amount paid per patient per quarter varies according to the age, sex and other demographic details for each patient. There are also graduated payments made according to the practice’s achievement of certain agreed national quality targets known as the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QUOF), for instance the proportion of diabetic patients who have had an annual review. Practices can also receive payments for participating in agreed national or local enhanced services, for instance opening early in the morning or late at night or at the weekends. Practices can also receive payments for certain national initiatives such as immunisation programs and practices may also receive incomes relating to a variety of non patient related elements such as premises. Finally there are short term initiatives and projects that practices can take part in. Practices or GPs may also receive income for participating in the education of medical students, junior doctors and GPs themselves as well as research.
In order to make patient based payments basic and relevant necessary data about you needs to be sent to the various payment services. The release of this data is required by law.
We are required by Articles in the General Data Protection Regulations to provide you with the information in the following 9 subsections.
| 1) Data Controller contact details |
Dr Sean Kennedy
STEPPS SURGERY
131 Cumbernauld Road,
Stepps,
G33 6EY
0141 779 4445
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2) Data Protection Officer contact details
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Mrs Michelle Nobes
Information Governance Manager, DPO
eHealth Department
Kirklands Hospital
Fallside Road
Bothwell, G71 8BB
01698 858079
michelle.nobes@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
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| 3) Purpose of the processing |
To enable GPs to receive payments. To provide accountability |
| 4) Lawful basis for processing |
The processing of personal data in the delivery of direct care and for providers’ administrative purposes in this surgery and in support of direct care elsewhere is supported under the following Article 6 and 9 conditions of the GDPR:
Article 6(1)(c) “processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject.”
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Article 9(2)(h) ‘necessary for the purposes of preventative or occupational medicine for the assessment of the working capacity of the employee, medical diagnosis, the provision of health or social care or treatment or the management of health or social care systems and services...”
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| 5) Recipient or categories of recipients of the processed data |
The data will be shared with the Practitioner Services Division (Medical) of NHS Scotland
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| 6) Rights to object |
You have the right to object to some or all the information being processed under Article 21. Please contact the Data Controller or the practice. You should be aware that this is a right to raise an objection, that is not the same as having an absolute right to have your wishes granted in every circumstance |
| 7) Right to access and correct |
The DSs or legal representatives has the right to access the data that is being shared and have any inaccuracies corrected. There is no right to have accurate medical records deleted except when ordered by a court of Law.
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| 8) Retention period |
The data will be retained for active use during any investigation and thereafter retained in an inactive stored form according to the law and national guidance
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| 9) Right to Complain. |
You have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office, you can use this link ico.org.uk/global/contact-us
or call their helpline Tel: 0303 123 1113 (local rate) or 01625 545 745 (national rate)
The Information Commissioner’s National Offices for Scotland is at
45 Melville Street,
Edinburgh
EH3 7HL
0303 123 1115
scotland@ico.org.uk
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