What information we hold
Information that relates to an identifiable living individual is called personal data. This could be one piece of data, e.g. a person’s name or a collection of data, such as name, address and date of birth.
We collect some data to enable us to provide direct care services to you. The precise details held will depend on the services you are receiving from public health or an organisation commissioned to provide services on our behalf. The specific details collected will be explained when you start the relevant service. The standard information that is used to identify you will be, NHS number, name, date of birth and postcode.
We also receive some data that may identify you, which will enable us to carry out public health functions that are not related to direct care. Some of these types of data are provided to us under specific data access agreements and an example of this is provided in the section about Access to Office for National Statistics (ONS) births and deaths data.