Text Message Reminders – The Surgery, Tyldesley

You can now register to receive information by text message on your phone regarding appointments and health care.

If you wish to register for this messaging service please ﬁll out the consent form below:

Name*
First Last
Date of birth*
DD slash MM slash YYYY
Home telephone number*
Mobile number*
Email address:*
Enter Email Confirm Email
If you have already signed up for this service and would now like to 'Opt Out' please indicate below:
- I would now like to 'Opt Out' of this service
Consent*
Please note that no medical information or questions will be responded to. The data you supply on this form will be stored on our website, which is hosted by a third party, until it has been processed by the practice. The data will be used lawfully, in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018, which gives you the right to know what information is held about you, and sets out rules to make sure that this information is handled properly. The practice privacy policy can be viewed on this website.
I agree to the privacy policy.

Declaration

I consent to the practice contacting me by text message and/or email for the purposes of health promotion, practice news and for appointment reminders.

I acknowledge that appointment reminders by text are an additional service and that they may not be sent on all occasions but that the responsibility for attending appointments or cancelling them still rests with me. I can cancel the text message facility at any time.

Text messages are generated using a secure facility but I understand that they are transmitted over a public network onto a personal telephone and as such may not be secure, however the practice will not transmit any information which would enable an individual patient to be identified.

New Data Protection Regulations from May 2018 (GDPR)

Under the new data protection regulations introduced from 25th May 2018, we will continue to contact patients via text messages regarding the delivery of care if they have provided consent to do so.

If practices are sending messages about recommended treatment for the management of a speciﬁc health issue, then this is deﬁned as providing appropriate care for patients, not marketing purposes.

If you would like to opt out of any future contact via text messaging, then please complete the form and indicate in the marked section.