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Part II:
Classes of Information
All information at the Goodwood Court Medical
Centre & The Eaton Centre General Practice is
held, retained and destroyed in accordance with
NHS guidelines. Our commitment to publish
information excludes any information which can
be legitimately withheld under the exemptions
set out in the NHS Openness Code or Freedom of
Information Act 2000. Where individual Classes
are subject to exemptions, the main reasons are
e.g. the protection of commercial interests and
personal information under the Data Protection
Act 1998. This applies to all Classes within the
Publication Scheme. The information on this
Scheme is grouped into the following broad
categories:
This practice has a local Personal Medical
Services contract. The contract is with:
Brighton and Hove Primary Care Trust, 6th Floor,
Vantage Point, New England Road, Brighton, East
Sussex, BN1 4GW
The practice aims to follow National Institute
for Clinical Excellence (NICE) and National
Service Framework guidelines. Copies of these
can also be found on the NICE website (http://www.nice.org.uk/)
or the Department of Health website (http://www.doh.gov.uk/).
The NHS is a very large part of the public
sector. It is possible to find out information
about our practice, the Brighton and Hove
Primary Care Trust and other NHS services in
your area by using
http://www.nhs.uk/. A full list of local
General Practices can be found there too. The
Goodwood Court Medical Centre & The Eaton Centre
provides general medical services for the
geographical area of HOVE - BN3.
The full names of GPs at our practice are listed
in the introduction to this publication scheme.
The practice also employs:
Administrative staff
Practice nurse(s)
A full list of the services we provide is
detailed in
Class 2 below.
There is a national NHS Plan that explains how
the NHS is changing and sets out how all the
different parts function and work together. A
copy is available on the Department of Health
website (www.doh.gov.uk/nhsplan).
Some information will be withheld, including
personal, confidential information about
individuals which is protected by the Data
Protection Act 1998.
This is the range of services we provide:
Cervical cytology
Child health surveillance
Contraceptive services
Counsellor
Disease management clinics
Health promotions clinics
(e.g. well man and well woman clinics)
Immunisations
Maternity medical services
Minor surgery services
Independent medical examinations,Osteoporosis screening, Full travel
health services and much more!
Some of these services are provided in
partnership with other agencies, namely:
Dental care Chiropody Reflexology Kinesiology Acupunture
Aromatherapy
For any policies relating to our services,
please refer to
Class 6.
See also our practice leaflet which is available
free of charge from:
Dr Nigel Higson
Goodwood Court Medical Centre
52 Cromwell Road
Hove
East Sussex
BN3 3DX
Included in our practice leaflet is information
on the following:
our practice address(es)
our opening and closing times
the arrangements we have for out of hours cover
the languages we speak and the availability of translators
the clinical interests of our doctors
The Goodwood Court Medical Centre & The Eaton
Centre receives money from Brighton and Hove
according to its contract (as per Class 1 above)
in exchange for services provided for patients.
The total income received from the NHS before
expenses in 2001/2002 was £457570. The sum spent
on drugs prescribed by the Goodwood Court
Medical Centre & The Eaton Centre in 2001/2002
was £602633.
Please see
Part III for a link to the document titled
“Statement of Fees and Allowances payable for
General Medical Practitioners in England”.
Please apply to the Department of Health for
information on costs and the formats this is
available in.
There may be circumstances where material cannot
be released because it is confidential or
commercial information or the appropriate
officer designated for these purposes under the
Act has taken the view that it may be
prejudicial to the conduct of the Practice’s
affairs.
Information leaflets relating to the clinical
services and health services that we provide for
patients and the public, and our range of
regular publications are freely available at the
surgeries, in the reception areas.
Alternatively, please contact:
Dr Higson
Goodwood Court Medical Centre
52 Cromwell Road
Hove
East Sussex
BN3 3DX
01273 328232
If you wish to make a complaint about any aspect
of our service, you should first contact:
Dr Nigel Higson
Dr Higson
Goodwood Court Medical Centre
52 Cromwell Road
Hove
East Sussex
BN3 3DX
01273 328232
The complaints policy for our practice can be
obtained at a cost of £ 0 in hardcopy from:
Dr Nigel Higson
Goodwood Court Medical Centre
52 Cromwell Road
Hove
BN3 3DX
01273 328232
We have policies available on the following:
complaints (£ 0)
confidentiality (£ 0)
data protection (£ 0)
health and safety (£ 0)
information sharing with other agencies (£ 0)
removal of patients from the practice list (£ 0)
zero tolerance to violence (£ 0)
Provision of copies of medical records - £10-£50 or 30pence per copy
plus administration charge - payable in advance
only
Each of the above are available in hardcopy If
you would like a copy, please contact:
Dr Nigel Higson
Goodwood Court Medical Centre
52 Cromwell Road
Hove
BN3 3DX
01273 328232
Cost of Information
For the most part, we will charge you only for
hard copies or copying onto media (e.g. CD-ROM).
Some information is available free, but for
others there may be a charge. The charges will
vary according to how information is made
available. Charges are as follows:
a) Via the General Practice website – free of
charge, although any charges for Internet
Service provider and personal printing costs
would have to be met by the individual.
For those without Internet access, a single
print-out as on the website would be available
by post from Dr Higson, Goodwood Court Medical
Centre, 52 Cromwell Road, Hove, East Sussex, BN3
3DX or by personal application at the Goodwood
Court Medical Centre & The Eaton Centre General
Practice.
However, requests for multiple printouts, or for
archived copies of documents which are no longer
accessible or available on the web, may attract
a charge for the retrieval, photocopy, postage
etc. We will let you know the cost and charges
that will have to be paid in advance. We will
not provide printouts of other organisation’s
websites.
b) Leaflets and brochures – free of charge for
leaflets or booklets on, for example, services
we offer to the public. A list is available in
Class 4.
c) “Glossy” or other bound paper copies, or in
some cases a CD-ROM, video or other mediums are
for charge as in our publication lists available
from Dr Nigel Higson, , 52 Cromwell Road, Hove,
East Sussex, BN3 3DX, 01273 328232
d) E-mail will be free of charge unless it says
otherwise.
The charges will be reviewed regularly. |
