The NHS needs data about the patients it treats in order to plan and deliver its services and to ensure that care and treatment provided is safe and effective. The General Practice Data for Planning and Research (GDPDR) data collection will help the NHS to improve health and care services for everyone by collecting patient data that can be used to do this. For example, patient data can help the NHS to:
- Monitor the long-term safety and effectiveness of care.
- Plan how to deliver better health and care services.
- Prevent the spread of infectious diseases.
- Identify new treatments and medicines through health research.
Sometimes your information may be requested for other research purposes – the practice will always gain your consent before releasing the information for this purpose in an identifiable format.