Medical Records: Data Protection

(asked on 16th June 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to inform the general public about the option to opt out of the General Practice Data for Planning and Research service for NHS Digital.


Answered by
Nadine Dorries Portrait
Nadine Dorries
This question was answered on 6th July 2021

NHS Digital is promoting this new data collection through their website, engagement with media, stakeholder and patient groups and on social media channels. They have sought to raise awareness of the collection and its importance to the health and care system, but also how to opt out.

The data collection has now been paused until 1 September 2021 and we will undertake further engagement with the public.

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