General Data Protection Regulation

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The Coppice Surgery has started work in order to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation which comes into effect on 25th May 2018. We will reviewing how GDPR affects the way the surgery processes your personal data, including confidential health records.

To ensure all patients at The Coppice Surgery are made aware of their rights under the new legislation, and so that the surgery meets its responsibilities under the GDPR, we will be adding information to this page as it becomes available to us and when centrally-approved by NHS England

Privacy Notice

Text message reminders

You can now register to receive information by text message on your phone regarding appointments and health care. 

If you wish to register for this messaging service please fill out the consent form.

Under the new data protection regulations introduced from 25th May 2018, we will continue to contact patients via text messages regarding the delivery of care if they have provided consent to do so.

If practices are sending messages about recommended treatment for the management of a specific health issue, then this is defined as providing appropriate care for patients, not marketing purposes.

If you would like ot opt out of any future contact via text messaging, then please complete the form and indicate in the marked section.