Privacy: Payments

Contract holding GPs in the UK receive payments from their respective governments on a tiered basis. Most of the income is derived from baseline capitation payments made according to the number of patients registered with the practice on quarterly payment days.

These amounts paid per patient per quarter varies according to the age, sex and other demographic details for each patient. There are also graduated payments made according to the practice’s achievement of certain agreed national quality targets known as the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF), for instance the proportion of diabetic patients who have had an annual review. Practices can also receive payments for participating in agreed national or local enhanced services, for instance opening early in the morning or late at night or at the weekends. Practices can also receive payments for certain national initiatives such as immunisation programs and practices may also receive incomes relating to a variety of non patient related elements such as premises

Finally, there are short term initiatives and projects that practices can take part in. Practices or GPs may also receive income for participating in the education of medical students, junior doctors and GPs themselves as well as research.

In order to make patient-based payments basic and relevant necessary data about you needs to be sent to the various payment services. The release of this data is required by English laws.

We are required by Articles in the General Data Protection Regulations to provide you with the information in the following 9 subsections.

Controller contact details	Brocklebank Practice, 249 Garratt Lane London SW18 4DU Tel 0203 818 8270
Data Protection Officer contact details	dpo.swl@nhs.net
Purpose of the processing	To enable GPs to receive payments. To provide accountability.
The Lawfulness Conditions and Special Categories	The processing of personal data in the delivery of direct care and for providers’ administrative purposes in this surgery and in support of direct care elsewhere is supported under the following Article 6 and 9 conditions of the GDPR: Article 6(1)(c) “processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject.” And Article 9(2)(h) ‘necessary for the purposes of preventative 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...”
Recipient or categories of recipients of the shared data	The data will be shared with Health and care professionals and support staff in this surgery and at hospitals, diagnostic and treatment centres who contribute to your personal care.
Rights to object	You have the right to object to some or all the information being processed under Article 21. Please contact the Controller or the practice. You should be aware that this is a right to raise an objection, that is not the same as having an absolute right to have your wishes granted in every circumstance
Right to access and correction	You have the right to access the data that is being shared and have any inaccuracies corrected. There is no right to have accurate medical records deleted except when ordered by a court of Law.
Retention period	The data will be retained in line with the law and national guidance.
Right to Complain	You have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office HOW TO CONTACT THE ICO