Data Controller

NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board

Purpose

A Personal Health Budget is an amount of money to pay for your health and wellbeing needs agreed between you and your local NHS team.   Personal Health Budgets help people with long term health conditions manage their care and support in a way that suits them. It helps them to have more choice and flexibility in the way their care and support needs are met.

Any adult or child who is eligible for NHS Continuing Healthcare can have a Personal Health Budget if they want one.

Lawful basis

The ICB’s lawful basis for processing personal data under GDPR is Article 6(1) e - Public Task.

For special category data the basis is Article 9(2) h - Management of Healthcare Systems.

Relevant legislation: National Health Service (Direct Payments) Regulations 2013.

Type of information used

Personal data: name, age, contact details, NHS number.


Special category data: ethnic origin, physical and mental health data.

Who we will share the information with (recipients)

Other health and care organisations involved in delivering or arranging the care required. The third party looking after your money where this has been arranged.

Do we use any processors

The Health Informatics Service (THIS), our IT supplier who store all our information securely on their servers.

Microsoft Azure, supported by IT staff, host our data.

How we collect (the source) and use the information

Normally, the type of information that we process about you is information you have provided yourself, although we may seek further information in relation to your health and care needs.

We will obtain this additional information from records that may include Care Home records, Health Records (for example GP, Hospital, Mental Health, District Nursing) and Social Care Records.

How long we will keep the information

We will keep this information for 8 years.

Your Rights

With regards to Personal Health Budgets under the UK GDPR you have the following rights: