DISCRIMINATION
We are more than happy to accept patients of all colours and religions and believe that our lives are enriched by meeting people from the various minority groups. Our premises are designed to allow wheelchair users to easily enter the building and use the facilities.
We currently have no staff vacancies. If ever we do, the same principles will apply. Furthermore, we will expect our patients to respect our staff, regardless of which ethnic or minority group they may belong to.
CONFIDENTIALITY
Patient confidentiality is of the highest importance in the practice. Patient information is only discussed with professionals directly involved in the care of the patient.
Confidential information is only released to a third party on receipt of a signed consent form from the patient. Results and other clinical information are only passed to the patient themselves unless the patient is a child, or if the patient has given signed consent. (These rules may seem to be a nuisance to you if you are a carer, but I am sure you must see that they protect the patient’s rights.)
Records are only available to Health Professionals working as part of the practice team. The computerised record is only available to the in-house team and to the GMEDS out of hours emergency service. Computerised patient records are only accessible via a system of passwords. The hand-held record is additionally available to the District Nurse, Health Visitor and Midwife, but cannot be removed from the premises by them.
When transmitting confidential material by fax, staff will use the fax cover sheet provided, with the warning clause at the bottom. The recipient of the confidential fax will be phoned to warn of the impending arrival of the fax.
Medical records are transferred to other practices via the Primary Care NHS Trust. The Trust’s own vehicle collects and delivers these records. If it is necessary to post records, they are sent by recorded delivery.
We do not yet transmit medical records electronically, but have no doubt that this will soon happen. When it does it will be essential that the system is secure. E-mail is probably as safe as fax, but we await further guidance.
All materials with any form of patient identification will be destroyed by shredding or incineration, and on no account put in the general waste.
PAST GP PRINCIPALS OF THE TARLAND MEDICAL PRACTICE
Dr James Crowden c. 1866-1872
Dr William Hector Deskie c. 1896/7-1927
Dr Cecil G A Salvesen Balmuir 1927-1934
Dr George S Christie Cedar Bank 1934-1937
Dr George Fair Cedar Bank 1937-1938
Dr Harry Hutcheon Cedar Bank 1938/9 –1946
Dr Alexander Burness Cedar Bank 1946-1964
Dr Frances R Burness 1948-1964
Dr James F Mackie Cedar Bank 1964-1966
Dr Jean R K White Cedar Bank 1966-1968
Dr Maureen T McRoberts Cedar Bank 1968-1985
Dr David R Starritt Bonnington 1985-1991
Ailsa Muir 1991-200*