MediTree Healthcare International is
a private provider of outstanding medical services to workforces in remote and
challenging environments, as well as to governmental and non-governmental
organizations both in the UK and globally. Our expertise spans a wide spectrum
of services, including medical staffing complemented by topside medical
support, the establishment of remote clinics, emergency medical response, and
occupational health support services.
We treat your personal information as private
and confidential, and we’re registered with the ICO as a Data Controller. We
comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data
Protection Act 2018 (DPA ’18) in all our dealings with your personal data. If
you’d like specific information on how we use your personal data, and other
rights you have under GDPR such as ‘Right of Access’, please contact us at dataprotection@meditreehealthcare.com.
Please read this Privacy Notice
carefully to understand our practices regarding your personal data and how we
will collect, use and store your personal data. We may update this Privacy
Notice from time to time so please check it regularly.
Scope of Notice
This
Notice applies to Personal data collected by or during
–
Recruitment,
hiring and employment by MediTree Healthcare
–
Customer
(or Patients) receiving our services.
–
Clients,
Prospective Clients and Suppliers for
whom we provide our services.
Types of Data processed
Personal Data processed may include
the following types of data:
For
Prospective Employees
·
Name
·
Date
of Birth
·
Home
Address
·
Assignment
Address
·
Email
Address
·
Telephone
Number (landline and mobile)
·
Dependent/Spouse/Partner/Family
·
Employment
Details
·
Educational
Information
·
Work
Permit
·
Visa
Details
·
Passport
Number
·
Gender
·
Nationality
·
Marital
Status
·
Health
Data
For Patients
·
Name
·
Date
of Birth
·
Home
Address
·
Assignment
Address
·
Email
Address
·
Telephone
Number (landline and mobile)
·
Employment
Details
·
Gender
·
Nationality
·
Marital
Status
·
Health
Data
For Clients/Suppliers
·
Name
·
Postal
Address
·
Email
Address
·
Telephone
Number (landline or mobile)
·
Banking
Data
Why do we collect your information
and What we do with your data?
We collect your personal information
to;
–
For
current or prospective employees; Enable
us to provide feedback or consider your suitability for potential job
opportunities that you (or a person/company with whom you are associated)
acquire or wish to acquire. Conduct onboarding processes for new employees. Fulfil
contractual and legal obligations.
–
For Clients,
Prospective Clients and Suppliers; Meet
contractual obligations to clients and their employees in the delivery,
administration or management of our services.
–
For
Patients; to assess your health as well as
diagnose, provide treatment and drugs to you as well as in some cases, evacuate
you from your place of work to a more appropriate medical centre to receive care
for your condition.
For patients or client’s employees,
where your data forms part of the provision of the occupational health service,
our authorised staff such as Occupational Health Adviser (OHA), Occupational
Health Physician (OHP) and other individuals delivering health interventions
will use this data to provide information or reports about your fitness for
work recommendations, work-related assessments or health surveillance to your
employer.
With your consent, we will share
relevant information from your medical records, including occupational health
record to other service providers when making a referral or coordinating a
medical evacuation e.g. for physiotherapy or to see a mental health specialist.
For Clients, Prospective Clients and
Suppliers, we will use and otherwise process Personal Data to
manage our relationship with you and aid the delivery of our services.
What happens if you don’t provide the
information?
Without your personal information we
may not be able to provide some of our services or we may be restricted in the
way those services can provided.
Who might we share your personal
information with?
Your personal information will not be
shared with anyone else without your consent, unless it is needed in connection
with our ongoing supply of services to you and for purposes associated with the
supply of those services. We may only share your information without your
consent in exceptional circumstances such as;
–
Where
we are required to do so by law.
–
Where
necessary in the public interest e.g. to protect
you or someone else from the risk of significant harm
If we are providing services to you
as a Client, we may share your personal data with authorized third party
suppliers such as Sub-Contractors and our technology partner in order to fulfil
our contractual obligations. We take appropriate steps to ensure that such
personnel and third-party suppliers are bound to duties of confidentiality and we
implement measures such as standard data protection contractual clauses to
ensure that any transferred Personal Data, remains protected and secure.
We never sell your data to third
parties, anonymous or otherwise. We
never gather more personal information than we need to do our job – only the
minimum information we need to provide you with MediTree’s products and
services. We never give access to your data
to people who don’t need it – whether a third party or one of our own employees.
How can you access your personal information or make a complaint?
You may access your personal information and seek correction or erasure of any information by contacting us. You are entitled to see a copy of the personal data we hold on you.
If you have any concerns or questions or in order to exercise any of the rights discussed above; you can always contact our data protection team at dataprotection@meditreehealthcare.com. If unsatisfied with our response or believe we are processing your personal data not in accordance with the law, you can also make a complaint to the data protection supervisory authority in the UK, namely the Information Commissioner. For further information, see the Information Commissioner’s Office website – www.ico.org.uk
Changes to this privacy notice
We may update this privacy notice at any time to ensure it always accurately reflects the way we collect, use and safeguard your personal information. Please check this notice from time to time to ensure you are aware of any updates we may have made to our personal data handling practices.