Privacy Notice - what we do with your data

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Trust ("the Trust") is the controller of personal data for the purposes of the Data Protection Act 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation. The Trust may be contacted at Information Governance, Trust Headquarters, Marlborough Street, Bristol, BS1 3NU. The Trust may also act as a processor of personal data on behalf of partner organisations.

The Trust takes your confidentiality and privacy rights very seriously and we are committed to taking all reasonable measures to ensure the confidentiality and security of personal data for which we are responsible, whether computerised or on paper. This notice explains in detail how we collect, process, transfer and store your personal information and forms part of our accountability and transparency to you under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2018.

At Board level, we have appointed a Senior Information Risk Owner who is accountable for the management of all information assets and any associated risks and incidents, and a Caldicott Guardian, who is responsible for the management of patient information and patient confidentiality.

If you have any concerns as to how your personal data is processed you can contact the Trust's Data Protection Officer at the above address, by email to  InformationGovernance@uhbw.nhs.uk  or by phone 0117 34 23701/0117 34 23794.

Find out more about the Trust's privacy notice.