Privacy Policy

We want your experience with us to be as comfortable, positive and straightforward as possible. The following terms and conditions explain how we provide physiotherapy treatment, how we look after your information, and our cancellation policy.

Last updated: 1st September 2026

This policy explains how The Dales Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Clinic (“we”, “us”, “the clinic”) collects, uses and protects your personal information when you visit dalesphysio.co.uk or use our services.

Who we are

The Dales Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Clinic is run by Susan Addison, a Chartered Physiotherapist registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and a member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP). We are the data controller for the personal information described in this policy.

Address: Unit 13, Hunters Hill Farm, Crakehall, Bedale, North Yorkshire, DL8 1LA Email: susan@dalesphysio.co.uk Phone: 07730 535 304.

The information we collect

When you contact or book with us:

  • Name, email address and phone number, submitted through the contact and enquiry forms on this site
  • Appointment details (date, time and appointment type) when you book online through our booking system, provided by Cal.com
  • Health information you share with us, whether through the short health questionnaire referenced on our booking page, over the phone, by email, or during your assessment and treatment. This includes details of your condition, medical history and treatment. Under UK GDPR this counts as “special category data” and is handled with extra care, described below.

When you browse the site:

  • Standard technical information such as your IP address, browser type and pages visited, collected automatically as part of running the website
  • Any cookies set by the site itself or by embedded content, such as the Google Map on our Find Us section. See Cookies below.

We do not process any card or bank details through this website. Payment for appointments is taken in person or by phone, by cash, card or BACS transfer.

How we use your information, and our legal basis for doing so

What we use it forLegal basis
Responding to an enquiry you’ve sent usLegitimate interest in answering questions from prospective patients
Booking, managing and reminding you of appointmentsNecessary to perform the contract for your treatment
Assessing, diagnosing and treating you, including keeping clinical notesProvision of health care by a registered professional, and your explicit consent to share relevant health information as part of that care
Keeping in touch about a follow-up appointment or your ongoing treatment planNecessary to perform the contract for your treatment
Improving the website and understanding how it’s usedLegitimate interest in running an effective website, or your consent where cookies require it

We will never use your health information for marketing, and we do not sell or rent personal information to any third party.

How long we keep your information

Enquiry and contact form submissions that don’t lead to an appointment are kept for 12 months and then deleted.

Clinical records are kept in line with professional guidance from the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy. For adult patients this is currently eight years from the date of your last treatment. For patients under 18, records are kept until their 25th birthday, or for eight years after their 18th birthday if that is later. 

Who we share your information with

We use a small number of third-party services to run the practice and this website. Where any of these providers process personal data on our behalf, we have chosen providers who meet their own data protection obligations.

  • Cal.com, our online booking system, processes your name, contact details and appointment information when you book online.
  • Google Workspace, which hosts our clinic email.
  • Google Maps, embedded on this site so you can find the clinic, which may set its own cookies when the map is loaded. See Cookies below.
  • Fonts used on this site are loaded from Google Fonts, which may involve your device connecting to Google’s servers when a page loads.

We only share your health information with other professionals (for example, a GP or a specialist) where you’ve asked us to, or where we need to for your ongoing care, and only with your consent.

We may also need to disclose information where required by law, for example in response to a court order, or where there is a serious safeguarding concern.

Cookies

This website may use cookies, small files stored on your device, to help it run properly and to understand how it’s used. Some cookies are essential to the site working. Others, such as those from the embedded Google Map, are set by third parties when that content loads.

View our Cookie Policy Page.

Children

Our services are offered to patients of all ages. Where a patient is under 18, we ask for a parent or guardian to be involved in providing consent for treatment and for the personal information collected as part of that care.

Your rights

Under UK GDPR, you have the right to:

  • Ask for a copy of the personal information we hold about you
  • Ask us to correct information that’s inaccurate or incomplete
  • Ask us to delete your information, where we’re not required to keep it for legal or clinical record-keeping reasons
  • Object to or restrict how we use your information in certain circumstances
  • Ask for your information to be provided to you, or transferred to another provider, in a portable format

To exercise any of these rights, contact Susan directly at susan@dalesphysio.co.uk or 07730 535 304.

If you’re not satisfied with how we’ve handled your information, you have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK’s data protection regulator, at ico.org.uk or on 0303 123 1113.

Keeping your information secure

We take reasonable steps to protect your personal and health information, including keeping clinical records securely and limiting access to those who need it to provide your care.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time, for example if we start using a new booking system or add new features to the website. The date at the top of this page shows when it was last updated.