1. Introduction
The purpose of this policy is to provide guidance when preparing data extracts to share with third parties, to ensure that the secondary use of patient data is done so in a legal, safe and secure manner e.g. ICB, partners and universities/health bodies for research purposes.
All such requests should be documented as an information request and be reviewed and signed-off by the CG, SIRO or ISM before being sent. The output of the review i.e. what dataset is agreed should be sent and any restrictions to be applied should be recorded as part of the request in the DAC
An information sharing agreement might be applied where there is regular sharing of data, see template in appendix A. This form should be completed and required and signed-off by the ISM, CG and SIRO as appropriate.