National Data Opt Out (General Practice Data for Planning and Research GPDPR)
The Government has issued a direction to NHS Digital (IT provider for the whole of the NHS) to collect data for research and development from GP Practices. NHS Digital has issued a Data Provision Notice for Planning and Research under the Health and Social Care Act 2012 Section 259. This means we are required to share your information with them unless you tell us not to.
As a practice we are legally obliged to comply with the latest data provision notice for Planning and Research. There is an opt out available and we wanted you to know that we are doing all we can in the timescales given.
For further information please see: https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/data-collections-and-data-sets/data-collections/general-practice-data-for-planning-and-research
there is also a YouTube video to watch: https://youtu.be/YLi9gh7RyLA
To opt out compete the form below and return it to the surgery before 1st September 2021
https://nhs-prod.global.ssl.fastly.net/binaries/content/assets/website-assets/data-and-information/data-collections/general-practice-data-for-planning-and-research/type-1-opt-out-form.docx
You can see a list of the Data Provision Notices here: https://digital.nhs.uk/about-nhs-digital/corporate-information-and-documents/directions-and-data-provision-notices/data-provision-notices-dpns please also see section GDPR.
Please do not contact the Practice without first reviewing the materials available above.
Sharing your Medical Record
Sharing your GP medical record locally with other healthcare professionals involed in your care
Patients in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland now have the opportunity to have their medical record shared with health professionals other than with staff at their GP practice.
Patients will now be asked if they wish to give permission for the health care professional treating them in a hospital or urgent care setting, or out of hours (evenings and at weekends) to see their medical record.
Sharing a patient record will help improve the quality of your care and potentially save lives.
For more information please ask:
at the surgery
or visit www.bettercareleicester.nhs.uk
or http://www.bettercareleicester.nhs.uk/the-bct-plan/sharingyourmedicalrecord/
or look at the factsheet MIG Medical Record Sharing Factsheet
Risk Stratification
What is it? Risk Stratification is the use of diagnosis, prescription and attendance data from primary and acute care to show potential health risk and future need for healthcare in individuals and populations.
There are two kinds of risk stratification:
1. The first kind is a process for identifying some patients within a Practice who might benefit from extra assessment or support with self-care because of the nature of their health problems. The process is a mixture of analysis of information by computer followed by review of the results by a clinical team at the Practice.
The analysis can, for example, help predict the risk of an unplanned hospital admission so that preventative measures can be taken as early as possible to try and avoid it. In the end, it is the clinical team of the GP Practice that will decide how your care is best managed.
2. The second kind is a process for identifying patterns of ill health and needs across our local population. This will be done by pulling together all the information in an anonymised file (where your identity has been removed) to look at patterns and trends of illness across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland as a whole. This will help our Public Health Department and those in the NHS who are responsible for planning and arranging health services across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (known as commissioners) better understand the current and possible future health needs of the local population. This will help them make provision for the most appropriate health services for the people of this area. This group of staff will not be able to identify you as an individual under any circumstances.
What information about me will be analysed?
The minimum amount of information about you will be used. The information included is:
Age
Gender
GP Practice and Hospital attendances and admissions
Medications prescribed
Medical conditions (in code form) and other things that may affect your health such as height, weight for example.
How will my information be kept secure and confidential?
Information from your GP record will be sent via a secure computer connection to a special location called a ‘safe haven’ at Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit. This safe haven carries special accreditation from the NHS. It is designed to protect the confidentiality of your information. There are strict controls in place. It enables information to be used in a way that does not identify you. The GP Practice remains in control your information at all times.
Before any analysis starts, any information that could identify you will be removed and replaced by a number. The analysis is done by computer. The results are returned to the GP Practice. Only your GP Practice can see the results in a way that identifies you.
What will my GP Practice do with the analysis?
The results can help the clinical team decide on some aspects of your future care. For example, if the clinical team at the Practice think that you might benefit from a review of your care, they can arrange this. You may then be invited in for an appointment to discuss your health and treatment. If the Practice thinks you might benefit from referral to a new service, this will be discussed with you firstly.
What should I do if I have further questions about risk stratification?
Please ask the Practice staff if you can speak to someone in more detail.
What if I want to opt out?
If you do not wish this to happen then it is important that you let us know by telephone, in writing or by using the contact us tab on our website so that we can mark it on your record.
For further information please look at the following Risk Stratification FAQs and "How we use your personal health records" leaflet produced by WLCCG.
Risk Stratification - FAQs How we use your personal health records