Privacy & Consent

Privacy Consent

There is now a legal requirement that we gain your consent to collect and use personal information about you. Please read the following carefully and sign the declaration if you consent to Sentinel Mountain Sports Podiatry collecting this information. In order to properly assess, diagnose and treat you, Sentinel Mountain Sports Podiatry needs to collect some personal and medical information from you. This information may also be used for:

• The administrative purposes of running the practice.

• Billing, either directly or through a third party (Health Funds).

• Use within the organisation, when passing information to other clinical staff for your ongoing treatment and care.

• Disclosure of treatment and medical information to you or other clinical treatment providers. In the case of an insurance or compensation claim, it may be necessary to collect and/or disclose information that affects your treatment and return to work. The provision of your high quality treatment may require the sharing of information about your condition, treatment and in some cases third-party claim status may be shared with other treatment providers, insurers, solicitors and employers.

Consent to Treatment

It is part of our duty that all podiatrists and other allied health practitioners inform you of any possible risks associated with professional treatment techniques utilised during a hands-on treatment session. Some therapy techniques such as therapeutic massage, joint manipulations, traction/distraction or mobilisations have a minute risk of causing injury. Injury may be caused to structures including, but not limited to; nerves, bones, muscles, ligaments, or arteries. The use of tape or massage mediums may cause irritations or allergic reactions on the skin of some individuals. Where possible, hypoallergenic tapes and massage mediums will be used to further reduce the risk of this occurring. Superficial Dry Needling and the use of acupuncture needles, along with the aforementioned techniques can occasionally cause localised swelling, bruising, or transitory increase in the levels or distribution of pain or other symptoms. If you are having a General Treatment involving the cutting of toe nails and removal of callused skin, sharp tools are used which can result in cuts to the surface of the skin. In rare instances, infections can occur if these cuts are not managed properly. You may choose to consent or refuse any form of treatment for any reason including religious or personal reasons. Once you have given consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time.