Patient Objections Management (POM)

Summary

Patient Objections Management (POM) data identifies patients who have opted out of their identifiable information being used for anything beyond direct care. NHS England tracks these objections and ensures that any data released has personal details removed where a type 2 objection has been made.

Controller	NHS Digital
How we use the information (processing activities)	Collection of Patient Objections Management (POM) data to identify patients who have registered that do not want their patient identifiable information being shared for purposes other than their direct care - patients who have 'opted out'. We monitor the number of patient objections, and make sure any data release has had patient information removed where a type 2 objection has been made.
Does this contain sensitive (special category) data such as health information?	No
Who are recipients of this data?	Internal use only
Is data transferred outside the UK?	No
How long the data is kept	Data is no longer held and has been superseded by the National Data Opt out Programme.
Our lawful basis for holding this data	Legal obligation
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?	General Practice (GP) medical records
The legal basis for collecting this data	Legal obligation (Direction)

Where we use this data

internal