Service Information

Your photographs and your data

Your photographs and data

Consent to photography

The dermatology nurse will discuss consent with you in detail to be sure you are comfortable with the photographs being taken and how your clinical images will be used.

If you are happy to proceed, you will give:

• written consent for clinical photography
• verbal confirmation of your consent for the Skin Analytics website

We will not take any photographs without your permission.

You may withdraw your consent at any time by contacting the Clinical Photography department. Clinical photographs that have been used to make a clinical decision cannot be deleted, however your images can be hidden from view on your electronic patient record.

Withdrawing consent will not affect your treatment or any future treatment you may receive.

If you have previously authorised photographs for open publication, it may not be possible to withdraw them from publications already in the public domain.

Copies of photographs

You can request copies of photographs by sending a request to the Access to Health Records department.

ESNEFT access to health records page

How is my data used by Skin Analytics?

To process your assessment, Skin Analytics securely store your medical history data and images, together with standard identification information necessary for the safe and accurate filing of the assessment report (i.e. your name, date of birth and NHS number).

The assessment report will be available for East Suffolk and North Essex Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) to use appropriately in support of any further care you may need.

The results of the assessment will be sent to your GP practice to be included in your medical records.

The assessment may be reviewed for quality assurance purposes by Skin Analytics or other authorised bodies. This data may include information collected during the assessment and any subsequent diagnoses relating to the lesions assessed.

Skin Analytics ask for your consent to use your data for research purposes to improve their service. Where data relating to your assessment is used for research purposes, it will be anonymised.

Skin Analytics website – privacy policy (Opens in a new window)