Practice Policies & Complaints

Confidentiality & Medical Records

Locked blue folderThe practice complies with data protection and access to medical records legislation. Identifiable information about you will be shared with others in the following circumstances:

  • To provide further medical treatment for you e.g. from district nurses and hospital services.
  • To help you get other services e.g. from the social work department. This requires your consent.
  • When we have a duty to others e.g. in child protection cases anonymised patient information will also be used at local and national level to help the Health Board and Government plan services e.g. for diabetic care.

If you do not wish anonymous information about you to be used in such a way, please let us know.

Reception and administration staff require access to your medical records in order to do their jobs. These members of staff are bound by the same rules of confidentiality as the medical staff.

Freedom of Information

Information about the General Practioners and the practice required for disclosure under this act can be made available to the public. All requests for such information should be made to the practice manager.

Access to Records

In accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and Access to Health Records Act, patients may request to see their medical records. Such requests should be made through the practice manager. No information will be released without the patient consent unless we are legally obliged to do so.

Complaints

Customer service form

The Kakoty Practice wants to provide friendly and professional services to all our patients.   We also need to know if we are not getting things right

If you have any concerns about any aspect of our service, please let us know.  Speak to whomever you feel most comfortable – your GP, the Practice Manager or our reception staff will be happy to help.

Alternatively email us: safehaven.c85009@nhs.net

or write to us:

The Kakoty Practice
170 Sheffield Road
Barnsley
S70 4NW

In the majority of cases, concerns can be resolved quite easily.  However, if you feel we have not dealt with the issues you have raised as you would wish, you can write to the GP Complaints at:

NHS England
PO Box 16738
Redditch
B97 9PT

Telephone:
0300 311 22 33 (Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm, excluding English Bank Holidays)

Email: england.contactus@nhs.net

or you may want to contact Healthwatch Barnsley on 01226 320106 www.healthwatchbarnsley.co.uk

Violence Policy

The NHS operate a zero tolerance policy with regard to violence and abuse and the practice has the right to remove violent patients from the list with immediate effect in order to safeguard practice staff, patients and other persons. Violence in this context includes actual or threatened physical violence or verbal abuse which leads to fear for a person’s safety. In this situation we will notify the patient in writing of their removal from the list and record in the patient’s medical records the fact of the removal and the circumstances leading to it.

CHAPERONES

IF YOU WOULD LIKE A CHAPERONE PRESENT DURING YOUR CONSULTATION,

THEN PLEASE ADVISE THE RECEPTIONIST WHEN BOOKING YOUR APPOINTMENT OR WHEN CHECKING IN.