Dyfi Valley Health, Bro Ddyfi Community Hospital, Heol Maengwyn, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 8AD
contact.w96011@wales.nhs.uk 01654 702 224Dyfi Valley Health, Bro Ddyfi Community Hospital, Heol Maengwyn, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 8AD
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The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came in to force on 25 May 2018, superseding the Data Protection Act (1998).
Under the terms of the new GDPR, a privacy notice is required to explain to our patients what personal data is held about them, how it is collected, processed and who has access to it.
All businesses who collect data about people need to comply with the GDPR European legislation and will need to continue to adhere to it once the U.K. leaves the E.U.
For a full background on GDPR see the GDPR Website here.
Names of Data Controller – Dyfi Valley Health
Contact Details – Dyfi Valley Health, Bro Ddyfi Community Hospital, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 8AD
Phone: 01654 702 224
Email: contact@dyfivalleyhealth.org
Website: https://dyfivalleyhealth.org
Data Protection Officer – DHCW, Powys Teaching Health Board
Contact Details – NHS Wales Informatics Service (NWIS), Information Governance, Data Protection Officer Support Service
Address – 4th Floor, Ty Glan-yr-Afon, 21 Cowbridge Road East, Cardiff CF11 9AD
Email: DHCWGMPDPO@wales.nhs.uk
3.1 How we Collect Your Data
We collect your data when you willingly provide us with the required personal information whilst registering to become a patient at Dyfi Valley Health, via the Registration Questionnaire and NHS Wales Registration Form.
3.1.1 Information Collected by Other Resources
By registering with the practice in Section 3.1, you consent to your medical history from your previous practice(s) being sent to the practice. The provision of this information is essential in order that we can deliver personal care and medical treatment.
We often obtain information from hospitals, pharmacies and other medical practitioners to whom you will already have submitted your personal data.
3.2 What Data we Collect
Data Collected –
| Name(s) | If you are a carer and/or cared for |
| Date of Birth | Have a disability |
| Address | Your ability to access the surgery |
| Phone Number(s) | If you were in the armed forces |
| Email Address | Family Medical History |
| Your Medical History | Lifestyle (smoking / drinking) |
| Chronic Health Concerns | Ethnic Group |
3.3 Who Has Access to Your Data
Only specific, trained and required members of the Dyfi Valley Health clinical and non-clinical team has access to your data. Not all members of the team have access to all your data – only the clinical team does so. On occasions we may need to share your data in order to provide you with the best medical treatment – see Section 3.5.
We undertake at all times to protect your personal data in a manner which is consistent with the practice team’s duty of confidentiality and the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation. We will also take all reasonable measures to protect your personal data stored in paper files and on our electronic system.
3.4 How we Use Your Data
| How Data Is Used | Non-Clinical Team | Clinical Team |
| Making Appointments | To Provide You with Care & Medical Treatment | |
| Generate Prescriptions | ||
| Electronically File Medical Records | ||
| Provide Requested Test Results | ||
| Send Treatment Reminders | ||
| Send Clinic Reminders |
3.5 Sharing Your Data
We will keep information about you confidential and will only disclose any information with third parties with your permission, if it is in your interests to do so and when we are sure that the party with whom we are sharing information is a medical practitioner with whom you have already shared personal information.
For example:
Giving contact information to a physiotherapist or hospital which wishes to contact you regarding an appointment.
With your written or verbal consent, we will share information about you with a carer.
With express consent, information shared with solicitors and insurance companies.
With production of a court order, information will be shared with legal agencies and the police.
For more examples on how we may share your information, please speak to one of our non-clinical team who can advise accordingly and specifically.
3.6 How Long do we Hold Your Data
We will keep your paper and electronic (hospital/clinic) records as long as you are a patient at the practice.
When you end your time with the Practice, these records will be returned to Shared Services and follow NHS guidelines.
The practice will archive information held on its clinical system relating to consultations, immunisations, medical history and prescribing.
3.7 Location of Your Data
Your data is securely stored and located on our computer systems, which are managed by NHS Wales Information Service. For specific information on how your data is stored electronically contact them by clicking here. (http://www.wales.nhs.uk/nwis/page/52504)
We also store, when necessary, physical paper copies of your medical records. These records are held in a secure location that follows relevant legislative guidelines.
If you would like to invoke any of the following data subject rights, please write to The Practice Manager, on the address of the practice above.
4.1 Right to be Informed
This Privacy Policy informs you of your rights. The latest version will be found on the Dyfi Valley Health Website and within the surgery for your access. New versions will be updated online and made available upon request.
4.2 Right to Access Your Data
GDPR 2018 grants you the right to access particular personal data which we hold about you. This is referred to as a subject access request. We will respond promptly and at least within one calendar month from the date of receiving the request and all necessary information in writing from you.
4.3 Right to Rectify
If considered appropriate, a retrospective entry can be made by a clinician if you have concerns regarding the accuracy of your clinical record.
You will also have the right to have incomplete personal data completed, if necessary by providing a signed and dated supplementary statement. We will respond to the request for rectification at least within one calendar month.
4.4 Right to Erase
You have the right to request erasure of personal information concerning you if this is no longer relevant.
We cannot delete data which may compromise your medical care in the current or future.
4.5 Right of Data Portability
We can respond to a request from you for the supply of your personal information in an electronic format, which you then have the right to transmit elsewhere.
4.6 Rights to Automation
Patients have the right not to be subject to a decision based on automated processing. Patients have the right to
(a) obtain human intervention,
(b) express their point of view, and
(c) obtain an explanation of the decision and challenge it.
If you have any questions or queries which this Privacy Policy has not addressed, or if you have any concerns about how we use the personal information we hold, please write to:
Dyfi Valley Health
Bro Dyfi Community Hospital
Machynlleth
Powys
SY20 8AD
Lucy Cockram March 2025
The NHS operates 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.
Please email contact@DyfiValleyHealth.org for Freedom of Information requests. See the following link for more information: http://www.wales.nhs.uk/nhswalesaboutus/freedomofinformation
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