Privacy Notice - National Screening Reporting Programs

 

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The NHS provides national screening and reporting programmes so that certain diseases can be detected at an early stage. These currently apply to bowel cancer, breast cancer, aortic aneurysms, and diabetic retinal screening service as well as other exempt programmes. The law allows us to share your contact information with Public Health England and NHS England so that you can be invited to the relevant screening programme and so that nationally exempted programmes can operate effectively with regards to public and patient health.

More information can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/topic/population-screening-programmes or  https://digital.nhs.uk/services/national-data-opt-out/compliance-with-the-national-data-opt-out (select link for Data Uses and Releases Compendium) or speak to the practice.

1) Controller contact details

Lee Road Surgery

20 Lee Road

London

SE3 9RT
2) Data Protection Officer contact details

John Eni-Uwubame

South East London Integrated Care System
160 Tooley Street
London
SE1 2TZ
Email: gpdpo@selondonics.nhs.uk
Telephone: 02081761198
3) Purpose of the processing

The NHS provides several national health screening and reporting programs to detect diseases or conditions earlier such as cervical and breast cancer, aortic aneurysm and diabetes. More information can be found at https://www.gov.uk/topic/population-screening-programmes 

The information is shared so as to ensure only those who should be called for screening are called and or those at highest risk are prioritised.
4) Lawful basis for processing

The sharing is to support Direct Care which is covered under UK Data Protection Legislation. 

Article 6(1)(e); “necessary… in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller’ the processing is necessary to perform a task in the public interest.

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...”  
Or
Article 9(2)(i) ‘processing is necessary for reasons of public interest in the area of public health, such as protecting against serious cross-border threats to health or ensuring high standards of quality and safety of health care and of medicinal products or medical devices…’

We will also recognise your rights established under UK case law collectively known as the “Common Law Duty of Confidentiality” *
 
5) Recipient or categories of recipients of the shared data

The data will be shared with national and research bodies as allowed by law.  Please see links above for full details.
6) Rights to object 

You have the right to object to this processing of your data and to some or all of the information being shared with the recipients. Contact the Controller or the practice. 
Patients may not opt out of having their personal information shared for Public Health Reasons.
Patients may opt out of being screened at the time of receiving an invitation.
For national screening programmes: you can opt so that you no longer receive an invitation to a screening programme. 
See: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/opting-out-of-the-nhs-population-screening-programmes
Or speak to your practice. 
 
7) Right to access and correct You have the right to access the data that is being shared and have any inaccuracies corrected. There is no right to have accurate medical records deleted except when ordered by a court of Law.
8) Retention period  GP medical records will be kept in line with the law and national guidance. 
Information on how long records can be kept can be found at: https://transform.england.nhs.uk/information-governance/guidance/records-management-code/
Or speak to the practice.
 
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).