Patient Charter

RIGHTS & RESPONSIBILITIES
 

Your rights

  • Confidentiality and courtesy from all the staff at Ash Tree House

  • Access to your medical records

  • Telephone calls answered promptly by a named receptionist

  • An appointment the same day if you are acutely ill
    An explanation if you have to wait over 30 minutes

  • Repeat prescriptions available within 48 hours
    A detailed booklet explaining our services

  • Prompt investigation of any complaint


Your responsibilities

  • To treat our staff with courtesy

  • To be considerate to other patients in the building

  • To respect our home visiting and out of hours emergency services

  • To cancel appointments if you cannot attend
    To learn how to treat your own minor illnesses and to keep some basic household medicines in a safe place


PRIVACY STATEMENT

Any and all information collected at this site will be kept strictly confidential and will not be sold, reused, rented, lent, or otherwise disclosed. Any information you give to us will be held with the utmost care, and will not be used in ways that you have not consented to. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to let us know.

Resale or disclosure of information to third parties

We do not sell, rent, lend, trade, or lease any personal information collected at our site.

Browser information collected on the web site

We analyze our web site logs to constantly improve the value of the materials available on our web site. Our web site logs are not personally identifiable, and we make no attempt to link them with the individuals that actually browse the site.

We do not use browser cookies on this site.

Privacy of form information

Our site's feedback request form optionally requires users to give us contact information. We use contact information from this form to respond to user questions, and for no other purpose.

Privacy of communications
All communications with Ash Tree House are confidential; whether by email, telephone or postal mail. Please consider that we can secure only our handling of the message and not the transport of the communication.

Links to other sites

This site contains links to other sites. Ash Tree House is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites.