Protection of Personal Data

While you are receiving care and treatment from Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (the Trust) you will be asked for information about yourself and your family.

This information makes up your health and care record. It will be shared with staff involved in your care.

Your information will be kept on a computer system that only your care team use. There may also be a paper file which is locked in a cabinet when it is not in use or archived with our secure storage company.

The Trust has a confidentiality code.

A confidentiality code means that staff, or anyone else who provides a service on behalf of the Trust, cannot give information about you to other people not involved in your care unless it is in special circumstances.

If you would like to know about the way your health record is protected and used, speak to your care worker.