General Practice Extraction Service (GPES) Covid-19 Planning and Research data Purpose

Personal Confidential and Special Category data will be extracted at source from GP systems for the use of planning and research for the Covid-19 pandemic emergency period.

Requests for data will be required from NHS Digital via their secure NHSX SPOC Covid-19 request process. Legal Basis: NHS Digital has been directed by the Secretary of State under section 254 of the 2012 Act under the COVID-19 Direction to establish and operate a system for the collection and analysis of the information specified for this service: GPES Data for Pandemic Planning and Research (COVID-19).

A copy of the COVID-19 Direction is published on the NHS Digital website at: digital.nhs.uk//about-nhs-digital/corporate-information-and-documents/directions-anddata-provision-notices/secretary-of-state-directions/covid-19-public-health-directions-2020 Patients who have expressed an opt-out preference via Type 1 objections with their GP surgery not to have their data extracted for anything other than their direct care will not be.