National Cancer Waiting Times Monitoring Data

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 official authority.

For special category data the basis is Article 9(2) h 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 Digital, via the Cancer Waiting Times system.

How long we will keep the information

Datasets received via NHS Digital are retained for as long as the Data Sharing Agreement is in place.

Your Rights

With regards to Commissioning under the UK GDPR you have the following rights:

• The right to be informed about the processing of your data (this notice)
• 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 restrict processing
• The right to object to processing
• Right not to be subjected to automated decision making and profiling
• To be notified of data breaches