Guidance

Information sharing with the Home Office for unpaid NHS patient debts: privacy notice

Information that patients are entitled to under the Data Protection Act 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/279.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Published: 5 April 2019

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Information sharing with the Home Office for unpaid NHS patient debts: privacy notice

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The NHS is legally obliged (through the Department of Health and Social Care) to inform the Home Office of a relevant unpaid debt for NHS care.

This privacy notice explains what rights a patient has in these circumstances, when it comes to the sharing and processing of their personal data.

The privacy notice is accompanied by additional documents:

• What happens to your data: guidance for overseas patients
• Immigration status checks by the NHS: guidance for overseas patients

Published 5 April 2019