All information about patients is confidential from the most sensitive diagnosis, to the fact of having visited the surgery or registered at the practice.
The duty of confidentiality owed to a person under 16 is as great as that of any other person. All patients can expect that their personal information will not be disclosed without prior written consent except in the most exceptional circumstances, when somebody is at grave risk of serious harm. Written and computerised medical records are owned by The Secretary of State for Health