NHS Pathways authoring tool

Summary

NHS Pathways is a clinical triage system used by services like 999, NHS 111 and GP out of hours to assess people and direct them to the right urgent or emergency care.

Controller	NHS Digital
How we use the information (processing activities)	Supporting and managing the NHS Pathways clinical reference data. NHS Pathways is a clinical tool used for assessing, triaging and directing contact from the public to urgent and emergency care services such as 999, GP out-of-hours and NHS 111. It enables patients to be triaged effectively and ensures that they are directed to the most appropriate service available at the time of contact.
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?	Within Europe
How long the data is kept	8 years minimum after no longer required
Our lawful basis for holding this data	Public task
Your rights	Be informed Get access to it Rectify or change it Erase or remove it Restrict or stop processing it Move, copy or transfer it Object to it being processed or used Know if a decision was made by a computer rather than a person
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?	Data subject
The legal basis for collecting this data	Public task, Management of Health and Care systems and Health and Social Care Act - Additional functions

Where we use this data

internal

NHS Pathways

Find out about NHS Pathways, a clinical tool used for assessing, triaging and directing the public to urgent and emergency care services. Learn more about the about the benefits of the service, how it works and how to use it.