We collect and process the following information:
- Personal information (including full name, full residential address, date of birth, date of death, cause of death)
- Location data (including postcode and telephone number)
- Characteristics (such as ethnicity, sex, religion)
- Unique reference numbers (such as NHS number)
- Medical information
- Academic information
Birth and Mortality Records
Personal information about births and deaths is supplied to local authorities by NHS Digital.
For both birth and mortality records, we have a data access agreement with NHS Digital and data are supplied under Section 42(4) of the SRSA (2007) as amended by section 287 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 and Regulation 3 of the Health Service (Control of Patient Information) Regulations 2002.
Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) Data
Information about hospital activity is also supplied to local authorities by NHS Digital. We have a data access agreement with NHS Digital and data are supplied in accordance with section 261 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012, and Regulation 3 of the Health Service (Control of Patient Information) Regulations 2002. Data supplied are pseudonymised, a process by which information within a data record that may identify an individual are replaced by artificial identifiers, or pseudonyms which means that individuals are no longer identifiable.
Further information on the NHS Digital dataset can be found on their website.
NHS Digital (external website)