How and why general practice shares your data with NHS Digital for planning and research.

General Practice Data for Planning and Research: GP Practice Privacy Notice

Under data protection law we must tell you about how we use your personal information.

This includes the personal information that we share with other organisations and why we do so. Our main GP practice privacy notice is here.

This additional privacy notice provides details about the personal information that we are sharing with NHS Digital for its General Practice Data for Planning and Research data collection.

NHS Digital is part of the NHS. It collects, analyses, publishes and shares data to improve everyone’s health and care. Read more about NHS Digital.

To read this additional privacy notice, find out how your data is shared and how to opt out please visit https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/data-collections-and-data-sets/data-collections/general-practice-data-for-planning-and-research/gp-privacy-notice#top.

If you would like to opt out please fill in the forms on the link above and either send them to southendmedical.centre@nhs.net or drop them to reception.