NHS: Databases
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, to name the specific legal direction under section 254 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 that disapplies the National Data Opt-Out for NDIT processing by name and date.
Answered by Preet Kaur Gill
There is no direction made under section 254 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 that disapplies the National Data Opt-out for the National Data Integration Tenant.
The National Data Opt-out applies to the use of confidential patient information for purposes beyond an individual’s care, such as research and planning.
The National Data Opt-Out does not apply to data processed in the NHS Federated Data Platform (NHS FDP) as no confidential patient information is processed by a product in the National Instance of the NHS FDP to which the National Data Opt-Out would apply, and confidential patient information in Local Instances is only used for the purposes of direct care.
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