Confidentiality and medical information
Your personal health information is kept in records written on paper, held on computer or both. We make sure that all of our records are stored securely at all times. The Royal Marsden has a duty to maintain full and accurate records of the care we provide.
Confidentiality
We have a legal duty to keep information about you confidential, secure and accurate. We will share this information inside the NHS or with outside organisations only if it is necessary for your treatment and care. Anyone who receives information about you from us is also under a legal duty to keep it confidential. Find out more about how we use your information.
We will not give information about you to organisations such as benefits agencies, employers or the media without your permission.
We will make sure, through contract terms and staff training, that everyone who works in or on our behalf understands their duty of confidentiality, what it means in practice and how it applies to all parts of their work.
We are committed to data protection and take great care to ensure that your data is looked after properly. Only staff who are involved in your care will be able to look at your record. If we find that someone has deliberately accessed records about you without permission or good reason, we will take action that may include disciplinary action.