Children's health privacy notice - Privacy notices

• to deliver children’s health services including:
  • health visiting
  • children and young people’s nursing
  • children’s continence service
• to deliver the national 'healthy child programme' to the residents of Lincolnshire
• to provide core health visiting contacts which include:
  • antenatal contact
  • primary birth contact
  • 6 to 8 week contact
  • 8 to 12 month contact
  • 2 to 2.5 year contact
• to identify health and wellbeing issues early, so support and early interventions can be provided in a timely manner, this includes:
  • support with infant feeding
  • parental mental health
  • developmental concerns
  • parenting advice and support and safeguarding
• to provide a targeted children’s and young people’s nurse service supporting school age children with complex health needs including continence and other targeted public health interventions as appropriate
• to provide a targeted children’s continence service supporting complex bladder and bowel conditions

• name, date of birth, address and other contact information
• unique identifiers such as NHS numbers
• details of personal circumstances
• care needs

• physical or mental health details
• racial or ethnic origin
• sex life or sexual orientation
• religious or other beliefs

• necessary to comply with a legal obligation
• necessary to perform a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority
• necessary for the provision of health care and the management of health care systems and services
• necessary for reasons of substantial public interest

• provided to us directly by you
• provided by another individual, such as a carer or family member
• provided by another organisation involved in the provision of services such as healthcare, social and welfare organisations

• organisations and professionals involved in the provision of services such as healthcare, schools, social and welfare organisations
• health and social care regulators (GP’s)
• central government and NHS bodies
• other local authorities

We are required to retain your information for as long as is necessary, after which it will be securely destroyed.

Further information on retention periods is available through our customer privacy notice.

You have several rights in relation to the information that the council holds about you. For information about your rights, when they might apply and how to make a request to exercise them, please see our customer privacy notice.

• Our customer privacy notice
• Children’s and families services privacy notice
• Education and skills privacy notice