Fair Processing Notice (Privacy Notice)
Your Personal Information – what you need to know
Who we are and what we do
The BEAT Diabetes Service is to provide a self-referral service to those who wish to receive online support for their diabetes in North East Hampshire and Farnham. BEAT Diabetes is one of seven national test beds funded by NHS England. Please follow this link for more information https://www.england.nhs.uk/ourwork/innovation/test-beds/
BEAT Diabetes is led by NHS North East Hampshire and Farnham Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and it made up of partners to help deliver and evaluate the national test bed. These partners are the CCG (local commissioner), the University of Surrey (academic partner), Salus Medical Services (clinical service provider), OurPath, SilverCloud & Commit to Change (programme partners). A link to the privacy notice for each of the partners can be found at the bottom of this document.
The BEAT Diabetes portal provides you with access to the online registration (the “Website) with UK server hosting provided by Rackspace.
Our Commitment to Data Privacy and Confidentiality Issues
We are committed to protecting your privacy and will only process data in accordance with the Data Protection Legislation. This includes the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR), the Data Protection Act (DPA) 2018, the Law Enforcement Directive (Directive (EU) 2016/680) (LED) and any applicable national Laws implementing them as amended from time to time. The legislation requires us to process personal data only if there is a legitimate basis for doing so and that any processing must be fair and lawful.
In addition, consideration will also be given to all applicable Law concerning privacy, confidentiality, the processing and sharing of personal data including the Human Rights Act 1998, the Health and Social Care Act 2012 as amended by the Health and Social Care (Safety and Quality) Act 2015, the common law duty of confidentiality and the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations.
What kind of information do we use and how do we use it?
The BEAT Diabetes Service will collect and process information provided by filling in forms on the Website. These forms require name, date of birth, email, phone number, registered GP surgery. These details will be assigned to a unique reference number. Only this number will be visible to the CCG and university when carrying out the evaluation of the service, protecting your personal information.
Your personal information: name, date of birth, email, phone number, registered GP surgery and unique reference number will be accessible to the Health Care Assistants employed under Salus Medical Services. Salus Medical Services is a data controller of the personal data collected from you. This data will be collected into a secure electronic patient record (EPR) system. The following data will be collected and stored within the EPR system: Name, Address, Date of Birth, Gender, Ethnicity, Smoking history, Alcohol history, Date of diabetes diagnosis, Current Diabetic Medication, Measured blood pressure reading (done at the start of the programme and may be done again at 6 and 12 months), Blood test undertaken to measure HBA1c and lipid/cholesterol profile (done at the start of the programme and may be done again at 6 months and 12months), Diabetic relevant past medical history (see terms for further information)..
Your registered GP will be notified of your wish to take part in the BEAT Diabetes programme. A copy of your brief medical summary history will be requested from your GP surgery by Salus Medical Services in order to facilitate the above information collection. It may vary amongst GP surgeries as to the level of data included within a brief medical summary history but in most cases this would include the following information: Name, Date of Birth, Address, NHS number, Phone number, Email, Registration Date, Active Problem list with dates, Significant Past Medical List with dates, Medications, Allergies, Health Status data (Blood pressure, smoking, alcohol, BMI, weight, height and cervical screening history), Immunisations, Last three consultations, Values and Investigations.
A copy of the data collected from you outlined above and through correspondence with the BEAT diabetes team (either by phone or email forms) will be sent to your GP surgery.
The data collected above and held in the EPR record will be pseudonymised, using only a unique reference number to identify a particular data set. All personal identifiable data (name, address (except first 4 digits of postcode), email, phone contact, date of birth, NHS number) will be removed prior to transmission from Salus Medical Services to our evaluation partner, the University of Surrey.
Questionnaire data will be sent to all participant registered to take part in the BEAT Diabetes programme. These comprise four questionnaires and will be either accessed through a link to the Website or email at the start of the programme and at 1 month, 3 months, 6 months and 12 months into the programme:
Only the unique reference number will be used to link this questionnaire data to the other data collected above with no personal identifiable data being used/collected.
Your personal contact information: name, email and/or phone contact will be sent to the Diabetes self-support programmes: SilverCloud, Second Nature and Commit to Change. Your contact information may be sent to one, two or all three programme providers depending on your choices. These providers will each individually be the data controllers for the data they collect from you.
Activity data on these sites will be monitored and sent via password protected email to our evaluation partner, the University of Surrey. This data will be linked to the unique reference number only (with no personal identifiable data) to identify the data set. Please view the terms for details about the level of data captured.
Your date of birth, address and your unique reference number will be shared with Medichecks. If you agree, following an email request, your name will be sent to Medichecks which will allow you to directly view your test blood result.
All data collated will use only the unique reference number as the identifier before being transferred to the University of Surrey to allow for a service evaluation into the efficacy of the BEAT Diabetes programme. The CCG and University of Surrey will be Joint data controllers for the evaluation data set. You may be asked to take part in an interview survey by the University of Surrey if you opt to do so during the registration on the BEAT Diabetes Website. The University of Surrey will be sole data controller for any interview data collected. If you opt to take part in this, your personal information: name, email and phone contact will be made available to the University of Surrey to allow them to get in touch with you.
Data collected by the University of Surrey from you during these interviews together with other such interviews will be evaluated to understand how well the service is working.
The outcome data from the BEAT Diabetes programme Test Bed will be published in medical related journals or news items. No personal identifiable data relating to any specific individual taking part in the programme will be published. Only aggregated data will be published, that is statistical data about several individuals that has been combined to show general trends or values without identifying individuals within the data.
Responsibilities
The CCG has a senior member of staff responsible for protecting the confidentiality of patient information. This person is called the Caldicott Guardian.
The details of our Caldicott Guardian are as follows:
Dr Karl Bennett
Tel: 01252 335086
Email: nehfccg.caldicottguardian.nehf@nhs.net
They are supported by another senior member of staff who is responsible for information risk and information security, this person is called the Senior Information Risk Owner (SIRO).
The contact details of our SIRO are as follows:
Rob Morgan – Chief Finance Officer
Email: nehfccg.siro@nhs.net
Tel: 01252 335085
The above two roles are also supported by our Data Protection Officer (DPO). The DPO is responsible for monitoring compliance with Data Protection legislations (GDPR & DPA 2018), Information Governance (IG) policies, providing advice and guidance, raising awareness, training and audits. The DPO acts as a contact point for the ICO, employees and the public. They co-operate with the ICO and will consult on any other matter relevant to Data Protection. The contact details of our DPO are as follows:
Tel: 01252 335085
Email:nehfccg.dpo.hampshire4@nhs.net
How long do we hold information for?
All records held will be kept for the duration specified by national guidance from NHS Digital,Health and Social Care Records Code of Practice. Once information held has been identified for destruction it will be disposed of in the most appropriate way for the type of information it is. Personal confidential and commercially sensitive information will be disposed of by approved and secure confidential waste procedures. Research data is retained for 10 years by the university. Evaluation and pseudonymised/anonymised data will be retained for 3 years by the CCG. Programme provider data is retained for 6 years.
Your right to opt out
Participants have the right to opt out of the programme at any time and can do so through the programme partners or by contacting NEHFCCG.BeatDiabetes@nhs.net
Gaining access to the data we hold about you
If you wish to have sight of, or obtain copies of your own personal health care records you will need to apply to respective Bead Diabetes Partner who holds your information. Information on how to do this can be obtained from each individual Partners Privacy Notice.
You have the right to:
Everybody has the right to see, or have a copy, of data we hold that can identify you, with some exceptions. You do not need to give a reason to see your data. If you want to access your data you must make the request in writing. Under special circumstances, some information may be withheld.
Automated Decision Making
The Beat Diabetes Service will not make decisions based solely on automated processing.
What is the right to know?
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) gives people a general right of access to information held by or on behalf of public authorities, promoting a culture of openness and accountability across the public sector. You can request any information that the CCG holds, that does not fall under an exemption. You may not ask for information that is covered by the Data ProtectionLegislation under FOIA. However you can request this under a right of access request – see section above ‘Gaining access to the data we hold about you’.
Your request must be in writing and sent to the relevant Beat Diabetes Partner to which the FOI act is applicable. Information on how to do this can be obtained from each individual partners Privacy Notice.
Links to other websites
This privacy notice does not cover the links within this site linking to other websites. We encourage you to read the privacy statements on the other websites you visit.
Changes to this privacy notice
We keep our privacy notice under regular review. This Fair Processing Notice was last updated in April 2020.
Further information
Further information about the way in which the NHS uses personal confidential data and your rights in that respect can be found in:
The NHS Care Record Guarantee: This guarantee is a commitment that NHS organisations and those providing care on behalf of the NHS will use records about you in ways that respect your rights and promote your health and wellbeing.
http://systems.hscic.gov.uk/rasmartcards/documents/crg.pdf
The NHS Constitution: The Constitution establishes the principles and values of the NHS in England. It sets out rights to which patients, public and staff are entitled, and pledges which the NHS is committed to achieve, together with responsibilities, which the public, patients and staff owe to one another to ensure that the NHS operates fairly and effectively
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-nhs-constitution-for-england
To share or not to share? Information Governance Review: This was an independent review of information about service users shared across the health and care system led by Dame Fiona Caldicott and was conducted in 2012.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-information-governance- review
NHS Commissioning Board – Better Data, Informed Commissioning, Driving Improved Outcomes: Clinical Data Sets: Provides further information about the data flowing within the NHS to support commissioning.
http://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/clinical-datasets.pdf
NHS Digital – Guide to Confidentiality: NHS Digital are the trusted national provider of high-quality information, data and IT systems for health and social care and are responsible for collecting data from across the health and social care system.
http://digital.nhs.uk/patientconf
Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO): The ICO is the Regulator for GDPR and offer independent advice and guidance on the law and personal data, including your rights and how to access your personal information.
Health Research Authority: The HRA protects and promotes the interests of patients and the public in health and social care research.
Information Commissioners Office
For independent advice about data protection, privacy, data sharing issues and your rights you can contact:
By post: Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House,
Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire, SK9 5AF
By telephone: 0303 123 1113 (local rate) or 01625 545 745
By email: casework@ico.org.ukorVisit the ICO website.
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Appendix A
Activity | Rationale |
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BEATdiabetes Portal |
Purpose – To process your personal and pseudonymised information for Beat Diabetes Registration and service evaluation Legal Basis – Explicit Consent. Data Processor – Rackspace portal provider. |
BEATdiabetes Programmes |
Purpose – To process personal information for the provisions of the service/programmes being chosen to aid in the self0management of Diabetes. Legal Basis – Explicit Consent. Data Processor – Programme provider and their data processors please refer t their individual Privacy Notices. |
BEATdiabetes test bed Evaluation |
Purpose – To process psuedonymised data to evaluate the Beat Diabetes service and programmes. Legal Basis –Explicit Consent Data processor – the CCG will process this information through Rackspace, SCW CSU (CCG IT provider) and the University of Surrey will process this information themselves on their secure servers. |
BEATdiabetes Evaluation Interviews |
Purpose – to process interviewed data collected to evaluate the Beat Diabetes service/programme. Legal Basis – Explicit consent. Data Processor – The University of Surrey will process this information themselves. |
BEATdiabetes Clinical Data |
Purpose – to process and collect the clinical data required for the Beats Diabetes service Legal Basis – Explicit consent. Data Processor – Salus Medical Services will collect and process the information themselves using EMIS an electronic clinical system |