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:
- taking steps to protect public health (including managing and monitoring the coronavirus pandemic)
- informing and developing health and social care policy
- in exceptional circumstances, providing you with individual care
- planning and commissioning health and care services
- 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 do not want your patient data shared with NHS Digital, you can register a Type 1 Opt-out with us.
If you wish to register a Type 1 Opt-out with us before data sharing starts with NHS Digital, this should be done by returning this form to us by Friday 20th August 2021 to allow time for processing it. If you have previously registered a Type 1 Opt-out and you would like to withdraw this, you can also use the form to do this.
If you register a Type 1 Opt-out after your patient data has already been shared with NHS Digital, no more of your data will be shared with NHS Digital. NHS Digital will however still hold the patient data which was shared with us before you registered the Type 1 Opt-out.
If you are happy for your data to be shared as above, and haven’t previously opt’d out, you do not need to do anything.