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Privacy Notice: National Data Opt-Out

As part of our commitment to transparency and data protection, Five Elms PCN wants to ensure all patients are aware of their rights under the National Data Opt-Out policy.

The National Data Opt-Out allows patients to choose whether their confidential patient information is used for research and planning purposes beyond their individual care.

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What does this mean for you?

Your health and care information may be used to:

  • Improve NHS services

  • Plan future care provision

  • Support health research​

However, you have the right to opt out of this use if you do not wish your data to be used in this way.

 

You can set your opt-out choice securely:

 

Your choice will be recorded against your NHS number and applied across the health and care system in England.

 

Important Notes

  • The opt-out does not affect your individual care.

  • It does not apply to anonymised data or where there is a legal requirement to share data.

  • You can change your choice at any time.

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For more information, visit the official NHS Digital page:
👉 National Data Opt-Out Guidance

1) Controller Contact Details

Five Elms PCN 

fiveelms.info@nhs.net​

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2) Data Protection Officer Contact Details

​gpdpo@selondonics.nhs.uk

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3) Purpose of the Processing 

The PCN performs computerised searches of some or all of the records our system holds to identify individuals who may be at increased risk of certain conditions or diagnoses i.e., Diabetes, heart disease, risk of falling). 

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Your records may be amongst those searched. This is often called “risk stratification” or “case finding”. These searches are sometimes carried out by Processors who link our records to other records that they access, such as hospital attendance records. The results of these searches and assessment may then be shared with other healthcare workers, such as specialist, therapists, technicians etc. The information that is shared is to enable the other healthcare workers to provide the most appropriate advice, investigations, treatments, therapies and or care.

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4) Lawfulness Basis for Processing 

The legal basis for this processing is

Article 6(1)(e); “necessary… in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller’. 

And 

Article 9(2)(h) ‘necessary for the purposes of preventative or occupational medicine for the assessment of the working capacity of the employee, medical diagnosis, the provision of health or social care or treatment or the management of health or social care systems and services…” 

We will recognise your rights under UK Law collectively known as the “Common Law Duty of Confidentiality”

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5) Recipient or Categories of Recipients of the Shared Data

The data will be shared for processing with your own GP practice and for subsequent healthcare with SEL ICS

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6) Rights to object

You have the right under Article 21 of the UK GDPR to object to your personal information being processed. Please contact the PCN if you wish to object to the processing of your data. You should be aware that this is a right to raise an objection which is not the same as having an absolute right to have your wishes granted in every circumstance.

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7) Right to access and correct

The data will be retained for active use during the processing and thereafter according to NHS Policies and the law.

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8) Retention Period 

The data will be retained for active use during the processing and thereafter according to NHS Policies and the law.​

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9) Right to complain 

​You have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office, you can use this link https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/data-protection-complaints/

 

or calling their helpline Tel: 0303 123 1113 (local rate) or 01625 545 745 (national rate)

There are National Offices for Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, (see ICO website)

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There are National Offices for Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, (see ICO website)​​​​​​​​

 

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