The NHS has been powered by data since it was established in 1948. Every time patients come into contact with the NHS, we learn a bit more about the nation’s health and about the services we provide. By safely and securely collecting and analysing information across all patients, we can build up a detailed picture which helps us to research new treatments, deliver the right services; improve the NHS, and help us to continue to have one of the best healthcare system in the world.

The use of GP patient information (also known as GP data) for planning and research has the power to transform our understanding of what causes ill health and, importantly, what we can do to prevent or treat it and provide better care. We are developing a new, more secure and more efficient way to collect this information, called the General Practice Data for Planning and Research data collection.

Type 1 Opt-out (opting out of NHS Digital collecting your data)

“This collection will start on 1 September 2021, so if you do not want your data to be shared with NHS Digital please register your Type 1 Opt-out by filling out the following form and returning to surgery: “