NHS Digital Sharing (Opting Out)
We would like to reassure patients that the proposed extraction of GP data by NHS Digital does NOT include patients registered with this practice or in NHS Scotland. NHS Digital provides services in England so are not able to access any data held in Scotland, You are not required to opt out as your data is already safe. We take patients confidentiality extremely seriously and safeguards and in place to protect this, including when data is used for research.
Further information on how NHS Scotland handles your personal information is on the NHS inform Website and can be found here: