How your information is used.

This notice is structured around the information the UK Information Commissioner's Office recommends organisations provide to people whose personal information they process.

Before publishing: add your preferred correspondence/contact details for privacy enquiries and review any future clinic/provider data-sharing arrangements. Remove this box once those details are complete.

Who we are

This website supports the private clinical practice of Dr Michael Rowe, Consultant Clinical Oncologist (GMC 7280973). Dr Michael Rowe is the data controller for personal information submitted through this private-practice website and is responsible for deciding how that information is used and protected.

Information we collect

If you use the website enquiry form, we may collect your name, email address, telephone number, the type of enquiry and the brief message you choose to provide. The form is deliberately designed not to request detailed medical information. Please do not submit medical records, pathology, imaging or other detailed health information through the public website form.

Why we use your information

Information submitted through the enquiry form is used to respond to your request, consider whether an appointment or referral can be arranged, and communicate with you about that enquiry. If you later become a patient, additional information will be handled under the privacy arrangements applying to the clinical service through which your care is provided.

How the website form works

The website is designed for deployment on Netlify. Netlify Forms processes and stores form submissions and can send a notification containing the submitted information to the practice email address. The site owner should configure appropriate access controls, retention and deletion of website-form submissions before launch.

Sharing information

Your information will only be shared where necessary for the purpose for which it was provided, for the delivery of clinical care, where required by law, or where another valid legal basis applies. The final published notice should identify any private hospital, clinic, administrative provider or other organisation routinely involved in handling patient information.

How long information is kept

Website enquiry submissions are normally retained for up to 6 months from the date they are received and are then deleted when they are no longer needed to manage the enquiry. If an enquiry subsequently forms part of clinical care, relevant information may instead become part of the clinical record and be retained in accordance with the professional, legal and clinical-record requirements applying to that care.

Your data protection rights

Depending on the circumstances, UK data-protection law gives you rights relating to access, correction, deletion, restriction, objection and data portability. Some rights may not apply where information must be retained as part of a clinical record or to meet another legal obligation.

Questions or complaints

Privacy enquiries should be directed to Dr Michael Rowe using the contact details published on this website. Add your preferred privacy correspondence details before launch. You also have the right to raise concerns with the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).

Cookies and analytics

This version of the site does not install advertising or analytics trackers and does not require non-essential cookies for its core pages. If analytics, embedded media or marketing tools are added later, the cookie information and consent mechanism should be reviewed before those tools are enabled.

This is a practical draft based on the structure of the ICO's health and social care privacy-notice guidance. It is not legal advice and should be checked against the final operating model for the private practice.