Back in Motion

33 West Street Lewes, UK

01273 473 473

Back-in-motion offers chiropractic treatment in the heart of Lewes. Gitte and Derek are passionate about helping those who come to their welcoming and friendly clinic.

Back in Motion Privacy Policy

Privacy Notice for Patients – Children & Adults

How we use your personal  information

This notice tells you why Back in Motion Chiropractic Clinic collects information about you and/or your child and how this information may be used.

The health care professionals, who provide your care, maintain records about your health and any treatment or care you have received here or previously. These records help provide you with the best possible health care. Our records are electronic and on paper and we use a combination of working practices and technology to ensure your information is kept confidential and secure. Records which this clinic holds about you may include the following information:

·        Details about you, such as your address, contact details, previous medical history and previous investigations

·        Any contact with the clinic has had with you, such as appointments, clinic visits, advice given over the phone or email, emergency appointments etc.

·        Notes about your and/or your child’s health

·        Details about your and/or your child’s treatment and care

·        Relevant information from other health care professionals

Information may be used within the clinic for clinical audit purposes to monitor the quality of the services we provide. All of your information is held securely on our premises and may be used for statistical purposes. Where we do this, we take strict measures to ensure that individual patients cannot be identified. Sometimes your information may be requested for research purposes – in such instances we will always ask your consent before releasing such information.

How do we maintain the confidentiality of your records?

We are committed to protecting your privacy and will only use information collected lawfully in accordance with:

·        General Data Protection Rules 2018

·        Human Rights Act 1998

·        Common Law Duty of Confidentiality

·        General Chiropractic Council Code of Conduct

·        Every member of staff who works at Back in Motion Chiropractic Clinic has a legal obligation to keep information about you confidential.

Who do we share your information with?

We only ever pass on information about you to others, if there is a genuine need for it and you have given your consent. This may be your GP, dentist or other health care professionals, a solicitor or for court proceedings.

We will not disclose any information about you to any third party without your written permission, or in case of a child’s information the parental consent, unless there are exceptional circumstances (i.e. life or death situations), or where the law requires information to be passed on. If we have to disclose information about you in this circumstance, we will notify you and we will explain the legal basis that allows us to make such a disclosure.

Access to your personal information

You have a right under the General Data Protection Rules 2018 to request access to view or obtain copies of what information Back in Motion Chiropractic holds about you and to have it amended should it be inaccurate. In order to request this you need to do the following:

·        Your request must be made in writing to the clinic

·        There is no charge for copies of your file

·        We are required to respond to you within 40 days

·        You will need to give us proof of name (Photo ID) so that your identity can be verified

How long do we keep your data for

In line with data protection principles, we only keep your data for as long as we need it for, which will be at least for the duration of your being a patient with us and we are legally required, by the Chiropractic regulator, to keep this data for eight years after your time as a patient has ended. Or in case of children until their 25th birthday. To determine the any appropriate retention period for personal data beyond eight years we consider the amount, nature and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means and the applicable legal requirements.

Once we no longer have a lawful use for retaining your information, we will dispose of it in a secure manner that maintains data security.

In some circumstances we may anonymise your personal information so that it can no longer be associated with you, in which case we may use such information without further notice to you.

Right to withdraw consent

Where you have provided consent to the collection, processing and transfer of data, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. There will be no consequences for withdrawing your consent. However, in some cases, we may continue to use data where so permitted by having a legitimate legal reason for doing so. For example the General Chiropractic Council obliges us to keep your data for 8 years. To withdraw consent, contact Gitte Steffensen or Derek Allen.

Objections/Complaints

Should you have any concerns about how your information is managed at the clinic, please contact clinic owners, and data controllers, Gitte Steffensen and Derek Allen in the first instance. If you not satisfied with our response, you have the right to raise the matter with the Information Commissioner’s Office. (www.ico.gov.uk)

Change of details

It is important that you tell the person treating you if any of your details such as your name or address have changed or if any of your details such as date of birth is incorrect in order for us to correct it.