The NHS is dedicated to protecting your information

Everyone working for the NHS has a responsibility and a legal duty to protect your information, so that information is not disclosed to unauthorised bodies or people.

Information is recorded, either on paper or in computer files. However, it is all treated with the same strictly controlled confidential care.

We need to be able to move electronic information from system to system, extracting the data and modifying it for the next system. Tests will need to be made periodically on the data, to check that it has been transferred correctly. This is done under secure, carefully controlled conditions.

The Law strictly controls the sharing of some types of very sensitive personal information.

We are continually reviewing ways in which confidentially improvements can be made, and it is important for us to know and understand the views of patients and users of the service, including carers.