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Principal organisations that we may share information with include:

NHS Trusts involved in your care
GPs
Ambulance Services
Private sector providers who work with SSS
Access to and Removal of Personal Information.

Access to and Removal of Personal Information

If at any time, you wish your personal information to be removed from our system, or you wish to know what information SSS collects, stores and processes, about you, or you have any concerns, please contact us at:

Somerset Surgical Services
Weston General Hospital
Grange Road
Uphill
Weston-super-Mare
Somerset BS23 4TQ

Tel:01934 636363
Email: bft.somersetsurgicalservices@nhs.net

Transparency with your information

Fair Process Notice

At Somerset Surgical Services (SSS), we are committed to upholding your information needs, privacy, and legal rights. Like all health care providers, we need to collect personal data about you to deliver the best possible care, treatment, and clinical outcome; this is our lawful purpose.

Whenever we collect personal data from you, we will always confirm:

Why we need to collect your data
How we intend to use your data
How the data will be kept secure
Who the data will be shared with
How you can access your own records
Who might we share your information with

Somerset Surgical Services works in partnership with several NHS and independent healthcare providers who provide streamlined joined-up services for patients. This requires SSS to routinely pass information onto third parties where there is a genuine need for it and when patient consent has been provided.

A request for access to your personal data is called a Subject Access Request.

All written subject access requests must:

Contain proof of ID
Provide a clear explanation of the information required and relevant contact details

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust processes all Subject Access Requests. Please use link below for further information

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust – Subject Access Requests and other data subject rights

View/download a printable copy of our Fair Processing leaflet

Fair Process Leaflet

Information Commissioner’s Office

Should you remain dissatisfied with the outcome of any information governance aspect concerning SSS you can pursue your complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). The ICO is the UK’s independent authority set up to uphold information rights in the public interest, promoting openness by public bodies and data privacy for individuals.