Data Controller
NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board
Purpose
NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board hosts the West Yorkshire and Harrogate Cancer Alliance.
The Alliance uses National Cancer Waiting Times Monitoring Data to undertake a wide range of analyses which help to support improvements in services, care and outcome for people living with cancer across West Yorkshire and Harrogate.
This data is provided through the Cancer Waiting Times system and is collected for purposes such as:
- To inform service improvements by providing benchmarked comparable data.
- To support local clinical audit purposes.
- To support system wide pathway improvements and compliance with national standards.
Lawful basis
The ICB’s legal basis for processing this personal data under the UK GDPR is Article 6(1) e - processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller
For special category data the basis is Article 9(2) h - processing is necessary for the purposes of the provision of health or social care or treatment or the management of health or social care systems and services.
The Health and Social Care Act 2012 Section 261 (1) and Section 261 (2) (b) (ii) supports the dissemination of the data to the ICB
Type of information used
The type of information used by the Alliance is pseudonymised record level data and anonymised aggregate reports. This type of information will not identify individuals.
Who we will share the information with (recipients)
West Yorkshire and Harrogate Cancer Alliance will only share National Cancer Waiting Times Monitoring data within the governance structure and clinical reference groups of the West Yorkshire and Harrogate Cancer Alliance (West Yorkshire ICB).
This information will only be shared in aggregate and small number suppressed format.
Do we use any processors
The Health Informatics Service (THIS), our IT supplier who store all our information securely on their servers.
How we collect (the source) and use the information
The National Cancer Waiting Times Monitoring Data is provided to the ICB by NHS England, via the Cancer Waiting Times system.
How long we will keep the information
Datasets received via NHS England are retained for as long as the Data Sharing Agreement is in place.
Your rights
Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation all individuals have certain rights in relation to the information which the ICB holds about them. Not all rights apply equally to all our processing activities as certain rights are not available depending on the lawful basis for the processing.
If you require further detail each link below will take you to the Information Commissioner’s Office website where further detail is provided in the section ‘When does the right apply’.
These rights are:
- The right to be informed about the processing of your data
- The right of access to the data held about you
- The right to have that information amended in the event that it is not accurate
- The right to have the information deleted
- The right to restrict processing
- The right to have your data transferred to another organisation (data portability)
- The right to object to processing
- Rights in relation to automated decision making and profiling
Under the NHS Constitution you have the right to privacy and to expect the NHS to keep your information confidential and secure.
If you have an enquiry in relation to your data protection rights please contact wyicb.