Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Health and Care Research Pilot

The Health and Social Care Act 2012 (the 2012 Act) gives NHS England statutory powers, under section 259(1)(a), to require data from health or social care bodies, or organisations that provide publicly funded health or adult social care in England, where it has been directed to establish an information system by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.  

The data, as specified by NHS England in this published Data Provision Notice, is required to support a direction from the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to NHS England. Therefore, organisations that are in scope of the notice are legally required, under section 259(5) of the Act, to provide the data in the form and manner specified below.

Under section 259(1)(a) of the 2012 Act, this Notice is served in accordance with the procedure published as part of the NHS England duty under section 259(8) on the following persons: 

Publicly funded health organisations in England which have been funded by NIHR to deliver health research studies who have agreed to participate in the collection. These may include NHS trusts, General Practices or organisations commissioned by these to deliver clinical trial functions (HCOs). 

All HCOs will initially be asked if they agree to participate in the collection; those which agree to participate will then be sent this Notice. This will inform them of the legal basis for the collection.

NHS England has been directed by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care under the EDI Pilot Directions 2025 under section 254 of the 2012 Act to establish and operate a system for the collection and analysis of the information specified in the Direction and the associated Requirements Specification.

Files will be received monthly from the first submission date which will be 7 November 2025, and then monthly updates on [5th] until 28 February 2027.

The list of opted-in organisations will be published here when available.