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National Clinical Improvement Programme (NCIP) - Theatre Data Set: GDPR information
Summary
Why and how we process your data in the National Clinical Improvement Programme (NCIP) - Theatre Data Set, and your rights.
Controller | Joint: NHS Digital and NHS Improvement |
How we use the information (processing activities) | NHS Digital collects administration and patient clinical data from the usage of operating theatre's within NHS funded hospital care providers. This is discovery work to identify the potential of using this data to analyse hospital activity for monitoring and improving 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? |
NHS Improvement |
Is data transferred outside the UK? | This data is not transferred out of the UK |
How long the data is kept | 8 years minimum from completion of the discovery work. |
Our lawful basis for holding this data | Legal obligation |
Your rights |
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How can you withdraw your consent? |
Consent is 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-funded hospital care providers |
The legal basis for collecting this data | GDPR: DPA 2018: |