Patient Privacy

At Hornsby Dental Care we respect your right to privacy. We realise that it is important that you understand the purpose for which we collect details about your health, as well as how this information is used at our practice and to whom this information is disclosed.

These policy of our practice is to follow these procedures:

– The information collected on your history form will be used for the purpose of providing treatment to you.

– We may disclose your health information to other health care professional, or require it from them if, in our judgement, that is necessary in the context of your treatment. In that event, the disclosure of your information will be minimised whenever possible.

– Your patient history, treatment record, x-rays and any other material relevant to your treatment will be kept here. If you want copies, a fee may apply.

– If any of the information we have about you is inaccurate, you may ask us to update / alter the records accordingly.

You can otherwise rest assured that your health information will be treated with the utmost confidentiality. Disclosure will not be made to any person not involved in either your treatment or the administration of this practice.