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.
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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:
Published 5 April 2019