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Individual General Practice (GP) level data: GDPR information
Summary
Why and how we process your data within Individual General Practice (GP) level data, and your rights.
| Controller | NHS Digital |
| How we use the information (processing activities) | Creation of General Practice reports containing quality of care and outcome data for their patients. |
| Does this contain sensitive (special category) data such as health information? | No |
| Who are recipients of this data? |
Aggregated data shared with appropriate General Practice and General Practitioners |
| Is data transferred outside the UK? | No |
| How long the data is kept | 1 year 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 - Type 1 objections applied |
| Is the data subject to decisions made solely by computers? (automated decision making) | No |
| Where does this data come from? | General Practice (GP) medical records |
| The legal basis for collecting this data | Legal obligation (Direction) |
Where NHS Digital uses this data
Individual GP level data
The Government's mandate to NHS England includes a task of working with NHS Digital and The Department of Health (DH) to provide General Practitioners (GPs) and general practices with information on the care provision for their patients.