Privacy Policy

Last updated: 6 July 2026

This privacy notice tells you what to expect us to do with your personal information.

Contents

  • Contact details

  • What information we collect, use, and why

  • Lawful bases and data protection rights

  • Where we get personal information from

  • How long we keep information

  • Who we share information with

  • How to complain

Contact Details

Email: hello@doctortamimi.com

What Information We Collect, Use, and Why

We collect or use the following information to provide patient care, services, pharmaceutical products and other goods:

  • Name, address and contact details

  • Gender

  • Pronoun preferences

  • Date of birth

  • NHS/HSC/CHI number

  • Next of kin details including any support networks

  • Emergency contact details

  • Photographs

  • Health information (including medical conditions, allergies, medical requirements and medical history)

  • Information about care needs (including disabilities, home conditions, medication and dietary requirements and general care provisions)

  • Test results (including psychological evaluations, scans, bloods, x-rays, tissue tests and genetic tests)

  • Payment details (including card or bank information for transfers and direct debits)

  • Insurance policy details

  • Records of meetings and decisions

  • Call recordings

We also collect the following special category information. This information is subject to additional protection due to its sensitive nature:

  • Racial or ethnic origin

  • Genetic information

  • Health information

  • Sex life information

  • Sexual orientation information

Lawful Bases and Data Protection Rights

Under UK data protection law, we must have a lawful basis for collecting and using your personal information. You can find out more about lawful bases on the ICO's website.

Your data protection rights are set out below. You can find out more about your rights and the exemptions which may apply on the ICO's website:

  • Your right of access — You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information. There are some exemptions which means you may not receive all the information you ask for. Patients may also access their personal information directly through our secure online patient portal, provided by Semble, following registration and identity verification. If you require assistance or prefer to submit a formal Subject Access Request, please contact us at hello@doctortamimi.com.

  • Your right to rectification — You have the right to ask us to correct or delete personal information you think is inaccurate or incomplete.

  • Your right to erasure — You have the right to ask us to delete your personal information.

  • Your right to restriction of processing — You have the right to ask us to limit how we can use your personal information.

  • Your right to object to processing — You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data.

  • Your right to data portability — You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you.

  • Your right to withdraw consent — When we use consent as our lawful basis you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

If you make a request, we must respond to you without undue delay and in any event within one month. To make a data protection rights request, please contact us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.

Our lawful bases for collecting and using your data:

  • Consent — We have permission from you after giving you all relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

  • Legal obligation — We have to collect or use your information to comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.

  • Legitimate interests — We are collecting or using your information because it benefits you, our organisation or someone else, without causing an undue risk of harm to anyone. Dr Mohammad Tamimi processes personal information to provide private general medical care to patients. This includes recording and reviewing health information shared during consultations in order to assess, diagnose, and advise on medical conditions, and to maintain continuity of care over time. The processing is limited to what is necessary for that purpose, is handled with the highest standards of confidentiality, and is not used for any commercial purpose. The benefit to patient health and safety significantly outweighs any privacy risk, which is mitigated by appropriate security measures and strict access controls.

  • Vital interests — Collecting or using the information is needed when someone's physical or mental health or wellbeing is at urgent or serious risk. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object and the right to portability.

For more information on our lawful bases please contact us using the details provided above.

Where We Get Personal Information From

  • Directly from you

  • Regulatory authorities

  • Family members or carers

  • Other health and care providers

  • Insurance companies

  • Previous employers

  • Suppliers and service providers

How Long We Keep Information

  • Patient medical records — minimum 8 years from last consultation

  • Records relating to children — until the patient's 25th birthday, or 26th if the young person was 17 at conclusion of treatment

  • Mental health records — 20 years from last entry or 8 years after death

  • Email correspondence relating to clinical care — 8 years

  • Financial and billing records — 7 years

  • General correspondence (non-clinical) — 2 years

  • Website analytics data (Google Analytics) — 26 months

For more information on how long we store your personal information please contact us using the details provided above.

Who We Share Information With

Data Processors

Semble
Semble is a cloud-based practice management and electronic health records system. It processes patient personal and medical data on behalf of Dr Mohammad Tamimi for the purposes of appointment scheduling, clinical record keeping, patient communications, and billing administration.

Signature Rx
Signature Rx is an electronic prescribing platform. It processes patient personal and medical data on behalf of Dr Mohammad Tamimi for the purposes of generating, issuing and transmitting prescriptions to patients and pharmacies.

Others we share personal information with:

  • Other health providers (eg GPs and consultants)

  • Insurance companies, brokers and other intermediaries

  • Care providers

  • Organisations we need to share information with for safeguarding reasons

  • Emergency services

  • Professional advisors

  • Organisations we are legally obliged to share personal information with

  • Current employers

  • Previous employers

Duty of Confidentiality

We are subject to a common law duty of confidentiality. However, there are circumstances where we will share relevant health and care information:

  • You have provided us with your consent

  • We have a legal requirement (including court orders) to collect, share or use the data

  • On a case-by-case basis, the public interest to share the data overrides the duty of confidentiality (for example sharing information with the police to support the detection or prevention of serious crime)

  • The requirements of The Health Service (Control of Patient Information) Regulations 2002 are satisfied

How to Complain

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, please contact us:

Email: hello@doctortamimi.com

If you remain unhappy after raising a complaint with us, you can also complain to the ICO:

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House, Water Lane
Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF
Helpline: 0303 123 1113
Website: ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint