What is it and what does it mean?
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a legal framework that sets guidelines for the collection and processing of personal information of individuals within the European Union (EU), which came into force on May 25th 2018. It changed how businesses and public sector organisations can handle the information of their customers/patients.
As you have already given us your mobile number and email address, we will continue to contact you with appointment reminders and emails with regards to your health. Should you wish to opt out of this, please send an email to woodlands.info@nhs.net
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General Practice Data for Planning & Research (GPDPR) – New July 2021
NHS Digital’s daily collection of GP data will support vital health and care planning and research. The data held in the GP medical records of patients is used every day to support health and care planning and research in England, helping to find better treatments and improve patient outcomes for everyone. NHS Digital has developed a new way to collect this data, called the General Practice Data for Planning and Research data collection.
The new data collection reduces burden on GP practices, allowing doctors and other staff to focus on patient care. For more information please see here
NHS England OpenSAFELY Data Analytics Service
NHS England has been directed by the government to establish and operate the OpenSAFELY COVID-19 Service and the OpenSAFELY Data Analytics Service. These services provide a secure environment that supports research, clinical audit, service evaluation and health surveillance for COVID-19 and other purposes.
Each GP practice remains the controller of its own GP patient data but is required to let approved users run queries on pseudonymised patient data. This means identifiers are removed and replaced with a pseudonym.
Only approved users are allowed to run these queries, and they will not be able to access information that directly or indirectly identifies individuals.
Patients who do not wish for their data to be used as part of this process can register a type 1 opt out with their GP.
Here you can find additional information about OpenSAFELY