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Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROM) combined dataset: GDPR information
Summary
Why and how we process your data within the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROM) combined dataset, and your rights.
| Controller | NHS Digital |
| How we use the information (processing activities) | Patient Reported Outcomes Measures (PROM) concerns the measurement of the effectiveness of treatment’s provided for a specific range of treatments. This is combined with Hospital Episodes Statistics (HES) data to monitor and improve the management of health and care services. |
| Does this contain sensitive (special category) data such as health information? | Yes |
| Who are recipients of this data? |
See data Release Register |
| Is data transferred outside the UK? | Within Europe |
| How long the data is kept | 8 years minimum after no longer required |
| Our lawful basis for holding this data | Legal obligation |
| Your rights |
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| How can you withdraw your consent? |
Consent 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? | Hospital Episodes Statistics (HES) dataset, Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROM) dataset |
| The legal basis for collecting this data | Legal obligation (Commencement Order) and management of health and social care systems |
Where NHS Digital uses this data
Hospital Episode Statistics (HES)
Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) is a data warehouse containing details of all admissions, outpatient appointments and A and E attendances at NHS hospitals in England.