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| Homefield Surgery | Services --> Contraception |
| Confidentiality |
Your records are very secure.
This practice was one of nine in the country testing the British Medical Association policy on confidentiality of records and access to information about patients.
Use Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) encryption to secure messages to us, give us and identify to us your PGP public key in order for us to send secure messages to you, if you like. In practice, it is unlikely an individual message will be intercepted.
Dr Midgley's PGP public key | or lookup the anyone@homefieldsurgery.nhs.uk public key on the MIT PGP Keyserver
| 15-16 year olds |
All consultations with your doctor are were completely confidential
(but are now subject to interception by health service administrators, later inspection by same.
If you ask, we should be able to list for you the people who have gained access to your records without being partners or employees in the Practice).
We suggest that you should discuss any health or other problems with your parents but we would not divulge anything without your explicit consent
.At the age of 16 you may register with any GP you choose, this need not be the same practice as either of your parents.
There are advantages to being registered with a family doctor as a family, however.
It is sensible to ensure you have received contraceptive advice before starting sex rather than after.
Supplies of condoms are sometimes available free.
| Emergency contraception |
Contact one of the doctors through the Practice in daytime any day of the week.
The emergency Pill is effective up to 72 hours after a risk, a coil is effective up to 5 days after a risk.
It is better not to take risks.
Revised January 2011 March 2001 April 1999