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The Personal Demographics Service
The PDS helps healthcare professionals to identify patients and match them to their health records. It also allows them to contact and communicate with patients.
More information about PDS
Further information
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internal Access data on the Personal Demographics Service
The process and requirements for accessing data from the Personal Demographics Service (PDS)
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internal Personal Demographics Service fair processing
The Personal Demographics Service (PDS) is the national electronic database of NHS patient details such as name, address, date of birth and NHS Number (known as demographic information).
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internal Restricting access to a patient’s demographic record
Find out when access to a patient's demographic record should be restricted.
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internal Personal Demographics Service (PDS): GDPR information
Why and how we process your data within the Personal Demographics Service (PDS), and your rights.
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internal Central Health Register Inquiry System (CHRIS) archive: GDPR information
Why and how we process your data in the CHRIS archive, and your rights.
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internal Mortality data review
Review of the timeliness and completeness of the data sources used to record deaths of citizens
Last edited: 24 August 2020 10:31 am