All patients have access to their own medical records. You may request to see your medical records in accordance with the “Access to Medical Records Regulations (1990)” at any time. This can be arranged. A member of staff will be present. We will not give access to anybody else requesting information about you without signed authority from yourself. Under certain circumstances, the Courts can request information about patients.

Due to an increase in the number of wasted appointments through patients who fail to attend without informing the surgery it has become necessary to implement the following policy:

If you fail to attend 2 or more appointments you may be removed from the practice list and will have to find an alternative doctor.

If you cannot attend your appointments for any reason please let us know as soon as possible – we can then offer the appointment to someone else.

Thank you for your co-operation

2023/2024

All GP practices are required to declare the mean earnings (e.g. average pay) for GPs working to deliver NHS services to patients at each practice.

However, it should be noted that the prescribed method for calculating earnings is potentially misleading because it takes no account of how much time doctors spend working in the practice and should not be used to form any judgement about GP earnings, nor to make any comparison with any other practice.

The average pay for GPs working in Beeston Village Surgery in the last financial year was £114,627 before tax and National Insurance. This is for 4 full time GPs who worked in the practice for more than six months.

2022/2023

All GP practices are required to declare the mean earnings (e.g. average pay) for GPs working to deliver NHS services to patients at each practice.

However, it should be noted that the prescribed method for calculating earnings is potentially misleading because it takes no account of how much time doctors spend working in the practice and should not be used to form any judgement about GP earnings, nor to make any comparison with any other practice.

The average pay for GPs working in Beeston Village Surgery in the last financial year was £111,887 before tax and National Insurance. This is for 2 full time GPs and 2 part time GPs who worked in the practice for more than six months.

2021/2022

All GP practices are required to declare the mean earnings (e.g. average pay) for GPs working to deliver NHS services to patients at each practice.

However, it should be noted that the prescribed method for calculating earnings is potentially misleading because it takes no account of how much time doctors spend working in the practice and should not be used to form any judgement about GP earnings, nor to make any comparison with any other practice.

The average pay for GPs working in Beeston Village Surgery in the last financial year was £128,632 before tax and National Insurance. This is for 1 full time GP and 3 part time GPs who worked in the practice for more than six months

2018/2019

All GP practices are required to declare the mean earnings (e.g. average pay) for GPs working to deliver NHS services to patients at each practice.

However, it should be noted that the prescribed method for calculating earnings is potentially misleading because it takes no account of how much time doctors spend working in the practice and should not be used to form any judgement about GP earnings, nor to make any comparison with any other practice.

The average pay for GPs working in Beeston Village Surgery in the last financial year was £68,258 before tax and National Insurance. This is for 2 full-time GP’s and 3 part-time GPs who worked in the practice for more than six months.

Leeds Care Record is a new confidential computer record containing your health and social care information from your GP, hospital, social care or other medical records.

What Kind of Information Will be Shared?

• Problem diagnosis list: so health and social care professionals have a complete record of your care.
• Medications: so everyone treating you knows what medicines you have been prescribed.
• Allergies: to make sure you are not given medicine that might give you an adverse reaction.
• Test results: to speed up your treatment and care.
• Referrals, clinic letters and discharge information: to make sure the people caring for you have all the information they need about other treatment you are having elsewhere.
• Address and telephone number: your up to date contact details.

Can anybody see my records?

No. 

Only care professionals directly involved in your care will see your Leeds Care Record.  It will not be shared with anyone who is not providing your treatment, care or support. Your details will not be made public, passed on to a third party not directly involved in your care or used for advertising.

How do I Know my Record is Secure?

By law, everyone working in, or for the NHS and adults’ and children’s social care must respect your privacy and keep your information safe. The Leeds Care Record is held on a secure computer system by the NHS in Leeds. The system records everyone who looks at a patient record, the time and date of access and the information they viewed. Data protection laws are clear and are taken seriously. Patient records are regularly checked that your record is only viewed by people who need to see it.

Can I Access my Leeds Care Record?

Yes. 

Under Article 15 of GDPR patients have the right to request access to any information that an organisation holds about them. Each individual organisation that contributes information to your Leeds Care Record has a responsibility to handle these “Subject Access Request”

Should you wish to access your records this way, contact the organisation who holds the part of the record you are interested in directly eg your GP, hospital, mental health trust or social care team.

Can I opt Out of my Records Being Shared?

Yes. 

You can choose not to have a Leeds Care Record, but sharing your medical and social care information will make it easier to provide the best care and support for you.
If you would like to opt out or have any queries please contact:

Tel: 0113 2064 2013.
Email: [email protected]
Address:
Leeds Care Record
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
St James’s University Hospital,  Beckett Street
Leeds LS9 7TF

Whenever you use a health or care service, such as attending Accident & Emergency or using Community Care services, important information about you is collected in a patient record for that service. Collecting this information helps to ensure you get the best possible care and treatment.

The information collected about you when you use these services can also be used and provided to other organisations for purposes beyond your individual care, for instance to help with:

• improving the quality and standards of care provided
• research into the development of new treatments
• preventing illness and diseases
• monitoring safety
• planning services

This may only take place when there is a clear legal basis to use this information. All these uses help to provide better health and care for you, your family and future generations. Confidential patient information about your health and care is only used like this where allowed by law.

Most of the time, anonymised data is used for research and planning so that you cannot be identified in which case your confidential patient information isn’t needed.

You have a choice about whether you want your confidential patient information to be used in this way. If you are happy with this use of information you do not need to do anything. If you do choose to opt out your confidential patient information will still be used to support your individual care.

To find out more or to register your choice to opt out, please visit www.nhs.uk/your-nhs-data-matters.

Health and care organisations have until 31/7/2022 to put systems and processes in place so they can be compliant with the national data opt-out and apply your choice to any confidential patient information they use or share for purposes beyond your individual care. Our organisation has reviewed its disclosures and is compliant with the “National Data Opt-out policy. “

At Beeston Village Surgery we aim to provide all our patients with a timely, professional and efficient service.

However, we are aware that patients may have a concern or complaint about any aspect of the service provided. If this is the case we would aim to deal with this matter and quickly and amicably as possible.

The practice operates a complaints procedure under the NHS Regulations of 1996, updated April 2009. If you have a genuine complaint please contact our Practice Manager and she will deal with your concerns. A copy of the practice complaint procedure is available upon request.

Please keep appointments – the time is precious. If you cannot keep your appointment please inform us as soon as possible so that we can allocate your appointment to another patient. Patients who regularly fail to attend their appointments will be informed by post that if they continue to miss appointments they may be removed from the practice list.

We expect our patients to behave towards us and our staff in a reasonable manner. Threatening and abusive behaviour is not acceptable and in line with the NHS Zero Tolerance policy, patients may be removed from the practice list.

A Summary Care Record is an electronic record that’s stored at a central location. As the name suggests, the record will not contain detailed information about your medical history, but will only contain important health information, such as:

• Whether you’re taking any prescription medication.
• Whether you have any allergies.
• Whether you’ve previously had a bad reaction to any medication.

Access to your Summary Care Record will be strictly controlled. The only people who can see the information will be healthcare staff directly involved in your care who have a special smart card and access number (like a chip-and-pin credit card).

Healthcare staff will ask your permission every time they need to look at your Summary Care Record. If they cannot ask you, e.g. because you’re unconscious, healthcare staff may look at your record without asking you. If they have to do this, they will make a note on your record. 

You Have a Choice

If you are happy for your information to be uploaded then you do not have to do anything. If you have any concerns or wish to prevent this from happening, please speak to practice staff at reception who will provide you with an opt-out form. More information can be found by clicking here.

Please be aware that if you chose to opt-out of SCR, of the Enhanced Data Sharing Model (eDSM), you must request that separately.

Please see the practice privacy notice for further information under the ‘Our Documents‘ page.