Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many applications made to NHS Digital and its predecessor bodies under section 10 of the Data Protection Act 1998 requesting that personal data is not processed have been agreed to.

As of 12pm on 11 January 2017, no applications made to NHS Digital and its predecessor bodies under section 10 of the Data Protection Act 1998 requesting that personal data is not processed have been agreed to.

A section 10 request may not be upheld, however, patients have other options available to object to their personal data being shared.

Under the NHS Constitution NHS Digital must consider patient wishes in a way that goes beyond the legal obligation set out in a section 10 request under the Data Protection Act 1998. The NHS Constitution states "You have the right to request that your confidential information is not used beyond your own care and treatment and to have your objections considered".