In general, your health information is strictly confidential and will not be shared with a third party without informed and written consent. 

On occasion, a third party may request access to a patient’s personal health information (e.g. an Insurance company for a medical report or a solicitor requesting information for their client); this must be made in writing from the requesting third party and must contain the patient’s written consent and the date of the request.

Alba Health will not release personal information without the patient’s written consent, or, of their legal guardian.

In certain cases, we may need to discuss with the patient / guardian that they understand what information has been requested from a third party and any possible implications of this, before the information is released (e.g. an insurance company requesting a patient’s entire medical record rather than relating to a specific relevant medical condition).