This practice is supporting vital coronavirus (COVID-19) planning and research by sharing your data with NHS Digital. For more information about this, please read the General Practice Transparency Notice for GPES Data for Pandemic Planning and Research (COVID-19).
Coronavirus has led to increased demand on general practices, including an increasing number of requests to provide patient data to inform planning/support vital research on the outcomes for patients of the virus.
To support the response to the coronavirus outbreak, NHS Digital has been legally directed to collect and analyse healthcare information about patients, including from their GP record.
For further information please visit digital.nhs.uk/coronavirus/gpes-data-for-pandemic-planning-and-research
General practices have a legal duty to be transparent under GDPR about the data they are sharing with NHSD and therefore need to update their transparency notices to include details.