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National Audit of Pulmonary Hypertension: GDPR information
Summary
Why and how we process your data in the National Audit of Pulmonary Hypertension system, and your rights.
| Controller | NHS Digital |
| How we use the information (processing activities) | Provision of statistical data within England and Scotland from centers providing pulmonary hypertension services to patients to improve their care. |
| Does this contain sensitive (special category) data such as health information? | Yes |
| Who are recipients of this data? |
None |
| Is data transferred outside the UK? | No |
| 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? | NHS Trusts |
| The legal basis for collecting this data |
Legal obligation (NHS England Direction) and management of health and social care systems |
Where NHS Digital uses this data
National Pulmonary Hypertension Audit
Measures the quality of care, activity levels, access rates and patient outcomes of services in centres designated by the National Commissioning Group.