New health data security standards and consent/opt-out model
Read the full outcome
Detail of outcome
鈥榊our Data: Better Security, Better Choice, Better Care鈥� is the government鈥檚 response to:
- the National Data Guardian for Health and Care鈥檚 鈥楻eview of Data Security, Consent and Opt-Outs鈥�
- the public consultation on that review
- the Care Quality Commission鈥檚 Review 鈥楽afe Data, Safe Care鈥�
It sets out that the government accepts the recommendations in both the National Data Guardian review and the .
It also reflects on what we heard through consultation to set out immediate and longer-term action for implementation.
Following discussions with the National Data Guardian, ministers have agreed that type 1 opt-outs will remain in place until September 2020 at the earliest, when the position will be reviewed.
Original consultation
Consultation description
This consultation seeks views on the proposed data security standards and the consent/opt-outs model from health and care professionals and organisations and the public.
This follows the independent review of data security, consent and opt-outs by National Data Guardian Dame Fiona Caldicott. The review includes:
- 10 new data security standards
- a method of testing compliance with these standards
- a new consent model for data sharing in health and social care
Documents
Updates to this page
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Added line to 'detail of outcome' section that type 1 opt-outs will remain in place until September 2020.
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Added 鈥榊our Data: Better Security, Better Choice, Better Care鈥�, which is the government鈥檚 response to the consultation on the National Data Guardian for Health and Care鈥檚 review of data security, consent and opt-outs; and to the Care Quality Commission鈥檚 review 鈥楽afe Data, Safe Care鈥�.
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First published.