Breathing Space Mental Health Crisis Privacy Notice

If receiving mental health crisis treatment you may be struggling with problem debt. RBC can complete a form to be sent to a debt adviser on your behalf to ask for a mental health crisis breathing space for you. Having a breathing space should stop you being contacted by someone you owe money to or being charged fees and interest on your debts while you are receiving crisis treatment. 

The personal information given to the Breathing Space scheme to support the referral, with your consent, may include:

• Name
• Date of birth
• Address
• Detail of debts (including any which may relate to the council)
• Other information that can be usefully shared includes your contact number or email address so that the debt advice agency can contact you easily

Your information will be used by an Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) to certify that you are receiving mental health crisis treatment. This evidence can be used by a debt advice provider to initiate a mental health crisis breathing space (MHCBS) on your behalf.

In order to process this information, the AMHP will need to:

1. Ask for your consent to share personal information
2. Certify that you are receiving mental health crisis treatment
3. Identify a nominated point of contact
4. Submit the evidence form to england@mentalhealthandmoneyadvice.org

We're required by law to provide assistance to those individuals who may be in a mental health crisis This is detailed in legislation and guidance including:

• Mental Health Act 1983

We are allowed to process personal and sensitive data for the following reasons under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Articles and the Data Protection Act:

GDPR condition relied upon for processing personal data:

• Article 6.1(e) - Exercise of official authority - Mental Health Act 1983

GDPR conditions relied upon for processing special category data:

• Article 9.2(a) explicit consent for submitting the information as described above
• Article 9.2(h) provision of health and social care

Information will be shared with a debt advice agency who in turn will share the information with other organisations, including the breathing space scheme administrator, creditors and their agents. The debt adviser will also be able to contact you later, to offer you help to manage your debts.

• Mental health support

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