COVID-19 At Risk Patients

Data provision notices to require the submission of data to help identify patients, in general practice and the detained estate, who may be more at risk if they contract COVID-19 or seasonal flu.

Overview of the collection

The objective of this collection is on an ongoing basis to identify patients registered at general practices and within the detained estate who may be more at risk of getting seriously ill with seasonal flu and/or COVID-19 and who would be potentially eligible for treatment should they contract COVID-19.

The data collected will be analysed and linked with other data NHS England holds to identify a list of potentially eligible patients.

Treatment options are available for some people who have tested positive for COVID-19. NHS England is providing the technology to support the NHS to identify patients eligible for the drugs.

The methodology NHS England has used to produce the COVID-19 Treatment cohort is explained in the detailed algorithm published on the NHS England website.

Vaccinations for COVID-19 are available to those who are at risk of getting seriously ill with COVID-19 and this extract is used alongside others to create the vaccination cohort.

The methodology NHS England has used to produce the COVID-19 Vaccination cohort and Flu Vaccination cohort is explained in the detailed algorithm published on the NHS England website.

The extract may also be used for future direct care purposes relating to the management of COVID-19 or seasonal flu.

Scope of the collection

These Notices are served on:

general practices in England
NHS England (as data controller of the data held on the HJIS in England)

Legal basis for the collection

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COVID-19 Public Health Directions 2020

A Direction given by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care requiring NHS Digital to establish and operate information systems to collect and analyse data in connection with COVID-19, and develop and operate information and communication systems to deliver services in connection with COVID-19.

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NHS public health functions agreement 2023 to 2024

This agreement sets out the arrangements under which the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care delegates to NHS England responsibility for certain elements of the Secretary of State’s public health functions.

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Notice under Regulation 3(4) of the Health Service (Control of Patient Information) Regulations 2002

This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

Period of the collection

The data is collected on a monthly basis, however the frequency of collection may change in response to demand. The collections are ongoing.

Read the data provision notices

General practice

COVID-19 At Risk Patients Data Provision Notice

pdf 333 KB

The Detained Estate

COVID-19 At Risk Detained Estate Data Provision Notice

pdf 1 MB

Updates

27 August 2024: Version 5.0 of the COVID-19 At Risk Patients (General Practice) Data Provision Notice issued to:

reflect that the collection continues to support the COVID-19 and seasonal flu vaccination programmes which are aligned with regards to the cohorts most at risk and, where possible, are co-administered
reflect legal and organisational changes which came into effect on 1 February 2023
remove Annex A
update the wording relating to data quality and the manner of collection

Last edited: 30 August 2024 11:11 am