Mental Health Act Data

Most people who receive treatment in hospitals or psychiatric units for mental health conditions are there voluntarily and have the same rights as people receiving treatment for physical illnesses. However, a small number of patients may need to be compulsorily detained under a section of the Mental Health Act.
 
In such situations, the Trust is permitted under Data protection law to process personal data for the purposes of providing mental health care services to you under the following legal bases when it is:
  • necessary for the carrying out of obligations under employment, social security or social protection law, or a collective agreement.
  • necessary to protect the vital interests of a data subject who is physically or legally incapable of giving consent.
  • necessary for the reasons of preventative or occupational medicine, for assessing the working capacity of the employee, medical diagnosis, the provision of health or social care or treatment or management of health or social care systems and services on the basis of Union or Member State law or a contract with a health professional.

How we might contact you about your experience at Kettering General Hospital

At Kettering General Hospital, we are committed to providing the best possible experience to our patients.
 
We use national surveys such as the friends and family test to find out about your experience after receiving a service from Kettering General Hospital. Find out more about the friends and family test.
 
From time to time, we may contact patients that have been on a specific care pathway to find out about their experience in order to improve our services. We take care to ensure that any patients that have opted out of receiving patient experience questionnaires are not contacted.
Whilst responses from patients are important to us and help us to shape our services and provide the best possible care for our future patients, you do not have to respond to these requests if you don’t want to.
 
If you would like to opt out of receiving patient experience questionnaires please contact the Patient Experience Team by emailing kgh-tr.patientexperience@nhs.net.