NHS Digital Data Collection
For more information about this, please visit NHS Digital.
As of 1st September 2021 your data will be shared with NHS Digital to help improve health, care and services.
Patient data from GP medical records kept by GP Practices in England is used every day to improve health, care and services through planning and research, helping to find better treatments and improve patient care. The NHS is introducing an improved way to share this information called the General Practice Data for Planning and Research data collection.
NHS Digital will collect, analyse, publish and share this patient data to improve health and care services for everyone. This includes:
- informing and developing health and social care policy
- planning and commissioning health and care services
- taking steps to protect public health (including managing and monitoring the coronavirus pandemic)
- in exceptional circumstances, providing you with individual care
- enabling healthcare and scientific research
Any data that NHS Digital collects will only be used for health and care purposes. It is never shared with marketing or insurance companies.
If you wish to register a Type 1 Opt-Out with our Practice before data sharing starts with NHS Digital, please contact the Practice and ask for a Type 1 Opt-Out form. This should be completed and returned to the Practice by 23rd August 2021 to allow plenty of time for processing.
Type 2 Opt-Out
If you do not want NHS Digital to share your identifiable patient data with anyone else for purposes beyond your own care, then you can also register a National Data Opt-out. This can be done by either: