Privacy Policy

Your Personal Health Information and your Medical Record may be collected, used and disclosed for the following reasons:

• For communicating relevant information with other treating doctors, specialists or allied health professionals
• For follow up reminder / recall notices
• Accounting/Medicare/Health Insurance procedures
• Quality Assurance activities such as accreditation
• For disease notification as required by law (e.g. infectious diseases)
• For use by all doctors in this group practice when consulting with you
• For legal related disclosure as required by a court of law (e.g. subpoena, court order, suspected child abuse)

If you have any concerns or wish to restrict access to your personal health information please discuss these with your doctor or receptionist. This practice adheres to principles of the RACGP Handbook for the Management of Health Information in Private Medical Practice and has a written policy, which is available to all patients for inspection.