Decision: Coronavirus (COVID-19): notification to organisations to share information
Department Of Health Details The Secretary of State has issued 4 notices under the Health Service Control of Patient Information Regulations 2002 requiring the following organisations to process information: NHS Digital NHS England and Improvement health organisations arms length bodies local authorities GPsThere is also a specific requirement related to the UK Biobank project. These notices require that data is shared for purposes of coronavirus (COVID-19), and give health organisations and local authorities the security and confidence to share the data they need to respond to coronavirus (COVID-19).For patients, this means that their data may be shared with organisations involved in the response to coronavirus (COVID-19), for example,…