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• The Council has authorised a small standing committee, the Health Committee, to act for it and for the Registrar in the majority of these health matters, thus ensuring that information provided is available only to those who need to be involved in the decision making, and oversight of that decision making. This helps ensure confidentiality of personal information.
• Confidentiality is assisted by having the information managed within a small team with appropriate security around paper and electronic files.
The general process for managing health disclosures on practising certificates
Your information comes straight to the Health Team. While other Council staff may be able to see that a practising certificate application is ‘on hold’ to the Health Team, they have no other information as it is not necessary to their work.
All new disclosures are reviewed by a senior and experienced Health Case Manager who, in consultation with the Health Manager, and if necessary the Health Committee Chairperson, determines what, if any, other information or advice is required to assure Council that the condition affecting the doctor is not affecting their practice in a way that could put patients at risk.
Who else at Council sees the information I provide?
A summary report of all health disclosures, which includes each doctor’s name, the diagnosis given, and action taken, is provided to the Health Committee.
If a decision is made to provide the full disclosure to the Health Committee, you will be advised in advance of that happening.
How we manage conflicts of interest
Follow this link to a list of Council members. Those members who are also Health Committee members are Dr Allen Fraser (Chairperson), Laura Meuller, Dr Peter Robinson, and Dr Dick Sainsbury. If you have a conflict of interest with anyone, please let the Health Case Manager you are dealing with know, so that they can ensure that member does not receive your health information.
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