The practice is duty bound to work with the NHS, via OpenSAFELY, to improve health services: we do this by allowing non identifiable data to be taken from our clinical system – this helps with forward planning for GP services, Vaccine supplies, pandemic preparation etc. across the whole NHS.
OpenSAFELY is a highly secure, transparent, software platform for the analysis of electronic health records data.
All platform activity is publicly logged.
All software for data management and analysis is shared, automatically and openly, for scientific review and efficient re-use.
All projects using the service are approved by or on behalf of NHS England.
Patients who have registered a ‘type one opt-out’ will not have their data processed as part of these services.
Please see our attachments for further information, including a short video for further explanation and an OPT OUT form.
You can also call in at the practice for an opt out form. We will then record it on your records and no data from your records will be used.
You are welcome to contact the practice manager if you need any further information.
You can also search OpenSAFELY on the internet via a browser of your choice.