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Looking after our community and providing excellent care

Data Protection

NHS Orkney has obligations under the Data Protection Act (2018) (DPA) as we need to collect and use a variety of sensitive and personal information about people in order to operate.

We use patient and carer data to support provision of care, administration of healthcare services, teaching and research. We rely upon personal information about employees, suppliers, and others we communicate with.

All such personal information must be dealt with properly and securely no matter how it is collected, recorded and used - whether on paper, in a computer system or recorded on other material.

The Data Protection Officer for NHS Orkney is Iain Gray. You can write to Mr Gray at The Balfour, Foreland Road, Kirkwall, KW15 1NZ, telephone him on 01856 888 220 or send an email to ork.dp@nhs.scot

For further information about Data Protection and how the NHS will use your personal data, see the links below.

If you have any queries regarding data protection or information governance, please contact ork.dp@nhs.scot

Getting in touch

We shall be delighted to hear from you, so here are the various ways of contacting us:

The Balfour

By telephone to:
01856 888100
(during office hours)

01856 888000
(out of hours)

By e-mail to:
ORK.feedback@nhs.scot

By letter to the address below:

Foreland Road
Kirkwall
Orkney
KW15 1NZ