GP Connect

Introduction

Tiger Lily Care uses a facility called GP Connect to support our service user (patient)’s direct care. GP Connect makes patient information available to all appropriate care professionals when and where they need it, to support direct patients care, leading to improvements in both care and outcomes. GP Connect is not used for any purpose other than direct care.

Authorised care professionals are able to access GP records of the patients they are treating via a secure NHS England service called GP Connect.

Purpose of the processing

The information that is shared is to enable the other healthcare workers to provide the most appropriate advice, investigations, treatments, therapies and/or care.

Lawful Basis of the processing

The lawful basis for processing, storing and sharing this data under UK Data Protection Legislation are:

• for the processing of personal data: Article 6.1 (e) of the UK GDPR: “processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller”.
• for the processing of “Special Category Data” (which includes your medical information): Article 9.2 (h) of the UK GDPR:  “processing is necessary for the purposes of preventive or occupational medicine, for the assessment of the working capacity of the employee, medical diagnosis, the provision of health or social care or treatment or the management of health or social care systems and services”.

This lawful basis is the same as the basis for the care you would receive from your own GP, or another healthcare provider.

Data Recipient or Categories of Recipient

Tiger Lily Care does not share data back to the GP Connect service, we only receive data from other organisations who are sharing to it.

Right to Object

You have the right to object to some or all of the information being shared. Please contact our Data Protection Officer using the contact details provided.