Surrey Care Record and Sharing Data

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Dear Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust,

1) In the near future, when the Surrey Care Record has become established, and East Surrey Hospital and its offshoots begin to upload patient data to the Surrey Care Record, if a patient were to object to you sending data to the Surrey Care Record, would you respect that patient's objection and comply with that patient's instruction not to upload data to the Surrey Care Record?

2) What is the minimum amount of demographic data you need to obtain the NHS number of a person who turns up 'off the street' (ie someone who is not referred from another establishment)?

3) If the same hypothetical patient referred to in question '2' turns up, but has the 'S-Flag' set on their PDS record, how do you obtain their NHS number (assuming they don't know it off the top of their head and you don't ask them)?

4) If a patient's NHS number is not known, can they expect the same level of treatment in A&E as a person whose NHS number is known?

5) If a person's NHS number is not known, and therefore information is not passed to the Surrey Care Record, and the patient is discharged, would any further attempt be made to obtain that person's NHS number? If so, and the NHS number was obtained, would that person's data then be passed onto the Surrey Care Record, even without that person's knowledge and their assumption that their data would not be passed on?

Yours faithfully,

Mr Rawlins

foi (SURREY AND SUSSEX HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST), Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

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Dear Mr Rawlins

 

Thank you for your request for information which is now being handled
under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

 

Your request is receiving attention and we will provide a response within
20 working days, that is, by 15 August 2018.

 

Please contact me if you have any queries in the interim, quoting our
reference (FOI 4878) and I will be happy to help.

 

 

Kind regards

Jeanette

 

 

 

Jeanette Randall

FOI Officer

 

Communications & Marketing

Surrey & Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

East Surrey Hospital, Redhill, RH1 5RH

Telephone 01737 768511 ext. 2976

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foi (SURREY AND SUSSEX HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST), Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

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Dear Mr Rawlins

 

Please see attached our response to your FOI request.

 

Kind regards

Jeanette

 

 

 

Jeanette Randall

FOI Officer

 

Communications & Marketing

Surrey & Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

East Surrey Hospital, Redhill, RH1 5RH

Telephone 01737 768511 ext. 2976

Email: [1][email address]

 

[2]www.surreyandsussex.nhs.uk

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Dear foi (SURREY AND SUSSEX HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST),

Many thanks for your response. However, may I just clarify your response to question 5?

If a patient were to leave your care in the knowledge that you do not have sufficient information to process their data further, would they be made aware that you would attempt to obtain sufficient personal data to enable you to process their personal data in a way in which they would be expecting you not to? Or would you be relying on that patient to express an objection to any such processing, or attempt to obtain information which the patient has not provided you?
You also sate that information 'Data would not be viewable on the Surrey Care Record if the patient had opted out even if we did get their NHS number'. Does this imply that you would still upload information to the Surrey Care Record, even if the patient left your care in the knowledge that you have insufficient information to do so?

Yours sincerely,

Mr Rawlins

foi (SURREY AND SUSSEX HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST), Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

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Dear Mr Rawlins

 

Thank you for your email.

 

I have forward your clarification on to my colleague who is currently on
leave, and will respond on her return.

 

Kind regards

Jeanette

 

 

 

 

Jeanette Randall

FOI Officer

 

Communications & Marketing

Surrey & Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

East Surrey Hospital, Redhill, RH1 5RH

Telephone 01737 768511 ext. 2976

Email: [1][email address]

 

[2]www.surreyandsussex.nhs.uk

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Dear foi (SURREY AND SUSSEX HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST),

I take it your colleague isn't coming back from their leave?

Yours sincerely,

Mr Rawlins

foi (SURREY AND SUSSEX HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST), Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

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Dear Mr Rawlins

 

Thank you for your email.

 

We are obtaining clarification from the Surrey Care Board with regards to
your question below and will be contact shortly.

 

Kind regards

Jeanette

 

 

 

Jeanette Randall

FOI Officer

 

Communications & Marketing

Surrey & Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

East Surrey Hospital, Redhill, RH1 5RH

Telephone 01737 768511 ext. 2976

Email: [1][email address]

 

[2]www.surreyandsussex.nhs.uk

Follow us online: [3]Twitter; [4]Facebook; [5]LinkedIn

 

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Dear foi (SURREY AND SUSSEX HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST),

With respect, this is a decision Surrey & Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust should be making independently from the Surrey Care Board, as you are the Data Controller for the data you hold, not the Surrey Care Board - they are not the Data Controller for anything, and it will be Surrey & Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust who will be dealing with any repercussions.
The Surrey Care Board have made it clear that it will be the individual organisations dealing with complaints and they will be taking responsibility for nothing.

Yours sincerely,

Mr Rawlins