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By proceeding to the online registration form, you indicate your understanding and acceptance of the information provided below. We encourage you to take a moment to carefully review this important information, as it contains relevant guidelines and policies associated with our practice.
Upon completing your registration, it will be understood that you have agreed to adhere to these policies, which are intended to foster a positive and productive experience for all involved. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Medication:
Witton Street Surgery has established strict policies for the safe prescribing of medication. Some medications that you may currently have on your repeat prescription are not prescribed by our practice. If you are taking any of the following medications, you will be reviewed by our practice pharmacist, and a program will be implemented for you to reduce and eventually discontinue their use.
The medications included (but not exclusively) are:
- Tramadol
- Benzodiazepines, including, but not limited to, diazepam, lorazepam, and temazepam
- Sleeping tablets, including, but not limited to, zopiclone and zolpidem
Anti-inflammatory medications, such as naproxen, are not placed on repeat prescriptions but can be ordered as required.
Other Practice Policies:
Witton Street Surgery has many policies in place, more information on these policies can be found by following the below link:
HSCIC Opt Out Form
The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) has been given permission by the NHS to automatically collect data about you from the surgery clinical data system.
Note that this is NOT the same as the data summary records (SCR) upload. If you opted out of the SCR, that will not have any effect on the HSCIC data collection.
HSCIC collects your date of birth, NHS number and gender and stores it in a way so that you cannot be identified by it. It then collects information about family history, diagnoses, referrals, investigation results, and medication.
What is it for?
NHS England says it will “find more effective ways of preventing or managing illnesses; advise local decision makers how best to meet the needs of local communities; promote public health by monitoring risks of disease spread; map out pathways of care to streamline inefficiencies and reduce waiting times; determine how to use NHS resources most fairly and efficiently”.
Data extraction starts in late October or November 2013. Although the practice may not opt-out of the process, individual patients can do so if they want.
If you wish to prevent your data being used for this purpose, please complete this form and return to reception. We will then mark your notes so that they will not be uploaded.
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