GPs as employers
Plain English explanation
As employers, we need to keep certain information so that we can remain your employer and manage payments. This is a combination of personal and financial information. We are required by law to hold certain types of data on those we employ under the Health and Social Care Act and this data is examined during CQC inspection visits. For more information about the CQC see: http://www.cqc.org.uk/
We are also required by HMRC and various taxation laws, such as “The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) Regulations 2003” to keep financial records.
1) Data Controller contact details
Dr. M. Q. Alam & Dr. L. E. Broughton
Longreach Road
Liverpool L14 0NL
Tel 0151 295 9440
2) Data Protection Officer contact details
Head of Information Governance and Data Protection Officer, NHS Informatics Merseyside Information Governance Team
Data Protection Officer
NHS Informatics Merseyside
Hollins Park, Winwick
WA2 8WA
Email address: DPO.IM@imerseyside.nhs.uk
3) Purpose of the processing
To comply with the Health and Social Care Act and taxation law.
4) Lawful basis for processing
The legal basis will be
Article 6(1)(c) “processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject.”
And
Article 9(2)(h) “processing is necessary for the purposes of preventive 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 on the basis of Union or Member State law or pursuant to contract with a health professional and subject to the conditions and safeguards referred to in paragraph 3;”
5) Recipient or categories of recipients of the shared data
The data will be shared with the Care Quality Commission, its officers and staff and members of the inspection teams that visit us from time to time. Financial data will also be shared with HMRC.
6) Rights to object
You have the right to object to some or all of the information being shared with CQC. Contact the Data Controller or the practice. There is no right to have UK taxation related data deleted except after certain statutory periods.
7) Right to access and correct
You have the right to access the data that is being shared and have any inaccuracies corrected. There is no right to have records deleted except when ordered by a court of Law.
8) Retention period
The data will be retained for active use during the processing and thereafter according to NHS Policies, taxation and employment law.
9) Right to Complain.
You have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office, you can use this link https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/
or calling their helpline Tel: 0303 123 1113 (local rate) or 01625 545 745 (national rate)