Acute Data Alignment Programme: GDPR information
Summary
Why and how we process your data in the Acute Data Alignment Programme, and your rights.
| Controller | NHS Digital |
| How we use the information (processing activities) | Private healthcare Admitted Patient Care (APC) data is administrative and clinical data, including details of private hospital activity within a private healthcare provider. This data is required to support the Acute Data Alignment Programme (ADAPt), a joint initiative between NHS Digital and the Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN), is exploring how data collected by PHIN from UK private healthcare providers could be aligned to NHS data standards and integrated into relevant NHS quality and safety reporting systems. The data processing will also support one of the key recommendations of the Independent Inquiry into the Issues raised by Paterson, namely the creation of a single repository of the whole practice of consultants across England. The data processing will comprise the collection of private healthcare APC data relating to private healthcare providers participating in the pilots This information is currently collected by PHIN from private healthcare providers to meet the legal requirement of the CMA Private Healthcare Investigation Order 2014 (as amended). Private healthcare APC data is required by NHS Digital to undertake data linkage, including to NHS funded activity data and mortality data, and analysis to assess the feasibility of using private healthcare data to meet a variety of key stakeholder use cases. The information will be analysed to assess:
The pilots will establish whether key stakeholder scenarios could be met if private healthcare data was routinely collected and processed by NHS Digital and made available to customers via the Data Access Request Service (DARS). The piloting will help inform the future strategic direction of private healthcare information flows. |
| Does this contain sensitive (special category) data such as health information? | No |
| Who are recipients of this data? |
No personal data will be disclosed by NHS Digital during the pilots. |
| Is data transferred outside the UK? | This data is not transferred out of the UK. |
| How long the data is kept | The data will be retained for the duration of the pilots and then destroyed using an approved method. |
| Our lawful basis for holding this data | Legal obligation |
| Your rights |
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| How can you withdraw your consent? |
Consent is not the basis for processing. |
| Is the data subject to decisions made solely by computers? (automated decision making) | No |
| Where does this data come from? | This data will be collected from: Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN). The personal data is collected from private healthcare providers in England. It will only include private healthcare admitted patient care data for providers who have agreed to participate in the pilots. |
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