User research on the online opt-out for GP data
Phil Booth made this Freedom of Information request to NHS Digital This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.
Dear NHS Digital,
I would like to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act. For the purposes of the Act, please take the date of your receipt of this request as 5 August 2022.
With reference to this response from NHS England:
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/u...
and in regard of the "Simplifying the opt-out" section of 'Data Saves Lives' policy paper, last updated on 15 June 2022 - and other public statements besides - please would you provide a copy of any outputs of any user research or engagement that has been conducted on the process of creating an online opt-out for GP data since 12 May 2021, i.e. the launch date of the GPDPR programme.
I would be grateful if you would send me the requested information promptly and in any event not later than the twentieth working day following the date of receipt of my request.
If my request is denied in whole or in part, or if specific items within the responses are withheld from disclosure, then you must justify all deletions by reference to specific exemptions of the Act, as per Section 17 of the Act. Where you rely on a qualified exemption to withhold disclosure, you are obliged to consider the public interest in your decision and the refusal notice must explain not only which exemption applies and why, but also the public interest arguments addressed in reaching the decision.
Yours faithfully,
Phil Booth
Ref: NIC-669652-W1H4F
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Ref: NIC-669652-W1H4F
Dear Phil Booth,
Many thanks for your recent request to NHS Digital.
We have now received a reply to this from our colleagues in the
Information Governance team.
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0300 303 5678
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Phil Booth left an annotation ()
Request refused under Section 22, 'intended for future publication':
"NHS Digital intends to publish this information on its website on or before Monday 17 October 2022."