This privacy notice tells you what you can expect us to do with your personal information when you contact us or use our services.
You can find more detailed information about how we use your information for the following specific purposes here:
Our contact details
Name: The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Wilmslow Road, Manchester, M20 4BX
Contact us direct: Contact The Christie
We are the controller for information we hold about you. As a controller we must decide why and how your information is used and shared, in line with legal and ethical expectations.
Data Protection Officer contact details
Our Data Protection Officer is Louise Westcott and is responsible for monitoring our compliance with data protection requirements. You can contact them with queries or concerns relating to the use of your personal data at:
- Telephone number: 0161 446 3000
- Email: dpo@christie.nhs.uk
How do we get information and why do we have it?
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust is one of many organisations working in the health and care system in the UK to deliver and improve care for patients and the wider public. To understand more about the wider use of patient data, including how and why patient information is used, the safeguards and how decisions are made, we recommend you look at the Understanding Patient Data website.
The personal information we collect here at The Christie is provided directly from you for one of the following reasons:
- you have provided information to seek care – this is used directly for your care, and also to manage the services we provide, to clinically audit our services, investigate complaints, or to be used as evidence as part of an investigation into care
- you have decided to participate in research, study or trials in support of cancer awareness and continued searches for new treatments
- you have sought funding for continuing health care or personal health budget support
- you have applied for a job with us or work for us or a paid or voluntary basis
- you have signed up to our newsletter/patient participation group
- you have made a complaint
- you have participated in one of our cancer training programmes run by our School of Oncology or Gateway C teams
- to enable you to be a proactive member or governor of our Trust, or
- you have visited our website
We also receive personal information about you indirectly from others, in the following scenarios:
- from other health and care organisations involved in your care so that we can provide you with care
- from family members or carers to support your care
- education centre providers – to support your participation in our delivery of education
- employment agencies, where job have been applied for through those routes
Where your treatments or care is directly linked to one of our partner organisations: