04/05/2026
Important Update to Your Health Information Privacy
At Tuapeka Community Health, we want to keep you informed about how we manage and protect your health information.
Recent changes to the Privacy Act require us to notify patients when information about them is collected from other agencies.
We have recently updated our Health Information Privacy Statement to include this advice:
Tuapeka Community Health can collect information from other agencies to maintain up-to-date health records and provide safe, quality primary health care.
This may include:
• Receipt of laboratory, radiology or other results
• Shared electronic health records, such as HealthOne, which provides test results, allergies, medications, clinician summaries and hospital information shared by other providers involved in my care.
• Correspondence from after-hours services, hospitals and specialists, which can include discharge summaries, specialist letters, lab and imaging results.
• Letters and notifications from referral providers reporting back on health or screening programmes for which I have been referred (for example, Green Prescription, smoking cessation, dietitian).
• Information from Health NZ and our PHO regarding updated demographic, NHI or eligibility information.
• Contact from or correspondence from non-health agencies such as Police, legal representatives, Oranga Tamariki, insurance companies, Ministry of Social Development (Work and Income New Zealand) and the Accident Compensation Corporation
• Receipt of correspondence from employers, regarding, for example, fitness to work
Please be assured that all information is handled securely and in line with privacy laws. You also have the right to access and request corrections to your health information at any time.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact us 💙