NHS Digital statement on Health Select Committee's report into patient data sharing

16 Apr 2018 01:52 PM

In relation to the Health Select Committee's report into the memorandum of understanding on data sharing between NHS Digital and the Home Office, NHS Digital's Chief Executive, Sarah Wilkinson, has issued the following statement.

Sarah Wilkinson, Chief Executive at NHS Digital said: "We will consider the Health Select Committee's report carefully and will take into account any new evidence as it becomes available, but we have been through a rigorous process to assess the release of demographic data to the Home Office. This has established that there is a legal basis for the release and has assured us that it is in the public interest to share limited demographic data in very specific circumstances."

NHS Digital poll on patient data and confidentiality - Topline figures [155.33KB]

Ipsos MORI poll for NHS Digital on data sharing - Detailed results [284.17KB]

 Ipsos MORI polling results

• Results are based on 2,000 interviews conducted via telephone among a representative sample of adults aged 18+, living within England. Of these, 1,000 interviews were conducted between 8th and 12th March 2018 and 1,000 were conducted between 22nd and 25th March, both using the same methodology.
• Data are weighted to ensure they are representative of the English population.
• Where results do not sum to 100%, this may be due to multiple responses, computer rounding or the exclusion of 'don't know/ not stated' response categories. 
• An asterisk (*) represents a value of less than half of one per cent, but greater than zero.
• The summary code 'important' includes all those who say 'very important' or 'fairly important' and the summary code 'not important' includes all those who say 'not very important and 'not at all important'. Likewise, the summary code 'support' includes all those saying 'strongly support' and 'tend to support' and the summary code 'oppose' includes all those saying 'strongly oppose' and 'tend to oppose'.

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