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Your choices on information we hold about you
Where we collect and use information that could identify you, you can make certain choices, including whether to opt out of sharing your confidential patient information.
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Opting out of sharing your confidential patient information
You can choose to stop your confidential patient information being used for research and planning. Your confidential patient information will still be used for your individual care
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Make choices about your Summary Care Record
We help information on you to be shared efficiently with the professionals that care for you through the Summary Care Record system. You can opt out of having a Summary Care Record.
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Ask to see the information we hold about you
You can ask to see the information that NHS Digital holds about you. This is called a subject access request.
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Understanding the health and care information we collect
Your health and care information - what we collect, and why.
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NHS Digital's legal right to collect information
Explaining why we are legally allowed to collect health and care information.