We need information from you, and about you, to care for you safely. We respect your right to privacy.
As part of giving you high quality and safe health care, we will keep records of your treatment and care.
If you would like your family member, friend or another person to know about your treatment and care, it is important you give consent for us to share personal information with them. This can be given in writing or you can tell your nurse, midwife or doctor. You can also choose how much information we share.
If you tick the box on your admission form saying you want us to send a report to your GP, we will do this at the end of your hospital stay. Please make sure we know who your current GP is and their contact details.
If you would like access to your medical record, we have information about how to request access to your health record.
Checking who you are
You will be given an identification band when you are admitted to hospital. Please make sure you wear it and tell us if the information on the band is wrong.
We will often ask you to confirm your name and date of birth and will check your identification band. We do this to keep you safe, for example, to make sure we’re giving medicine to the right person.
