Data Protection

A Caldicott Guardian is a senior role for an organisation which processes health and social care personal data. They make sure that the personal information about those who use the organisation’s services is used legally, ethically and appropriately, and that confidentiality is maintained. Caldicott Guardians should be able to provide leadership and informed guidance on complex matters involving confidentiality and information sharing. –  Caldicott Guardian role — UKCGC

In most GP surgeries, the Caldicott Guardian is a senior clinician—often a partner in the practice—who has the authority and experience to make complex decisions about data use. For example, at The Acorn Group Practice, the Caldicott Guardian is Dr Barbara Christie – the senior partner.

INR Star – Patient data sharing:

Some of our patients take the medication Warfarin as a blood thinner. These patients need to attend our dedicated clinic to monitor the use of this medicine. We call this clinic the INR clinic. In order to offer the best advice to these patients, we use a third party software called INR STAR. This software is being migrated to a cloud based system which will require the sharing of some of your data digitally. This is notice is specific to our INR clinic patients only and not the general practice population.

Under General Data Protection Regulations (known as GDPR) we are required to post notification of the sharing of your data with INR STAR. Details of how INR STAR use this data can be found by clicking Here