Thread by @EinsteinsAttic

Margaret's blog refers to @NHSDigital's #DataProtectionNotice for the #COVID19 #GPES extract, but somehow omits to mention that people's #Type1 objections (#OptOuts) WILL be upheld:

https://twitter.com/HDR_UK/status/1273270088532189187

And also that, according to digital.nhs.uk/coronavirus/gp…, actually *enhanced* #InformationGovernance processes - involving both @TheBMA & @rcgp - will be in place for data #access, which "may" include respecting #NDOP on a "case by case basis":

Meanwhile, @NHSEngland/@NHSX in their notice to health & care professionals (while notably failing to mention #Type1s...) confirms patients STILL have the right to #OptOut of having a #SummaryCareRecord, and that existing #SCR #OptOuts will be respected:
nhsx.nhs.uk/documents/11/C…

So patients can still ensure that information from their #GPrecords does NOT leave their GP practice for purposes other than their #DirectCare (#Type1 objection) by #OptingOut directly to their GP, using either the form their practice provides or this one:
medconfidential.org/wp-content/upl…

And why is this important? Well, while the #COPInotices issued under #Regulation3 provide a legal basis for the #copying, #processing and even #dissemination of #NHS patients' data, SOLELY FOR #COVID19 PURPOSES, #Regulation7 makes it clear other lawful #protections still apply...

...so the #COPInotices only provide a lawful basis for doing *limited* things with patients' data during the current #PublicHealth crisis & do not cancel out #DataProtection law, #HumanRights law, other relevant laws, or their #FirstPrinciples 👇

And #transparency STILL applies.