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Edward Jenner Court
1010 Pioneer Avenue
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E-mail: freedomofinformation@ghc.nhs.uk Website: www.ghc.nhs.uk
DATE: 30/12/2021
Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 287-2122
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
1. Does your Trust operate, or contribute data to, an EHR-linked data warehouse that holds patient-level clinical data that can be used for research purposes? This includes EHR-linked data warehouses where the Trust is the data controller, or academic collaborations where an EHR-linked data warehouse is maintained by an academic institute. This does NOT include NHS Digital Secondary Use Service SUS. data submissions. Yes
2. If yes, please specify who the data controller organisation is for the data warehouse. Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
3. If yes, please specify which EHR vendor softwares. the data warehouse receives data from. Servelec RiO, TPP SystmOne, Mayden IAPTus, Idox Lilie & SOEL Health
4. Apart from your EHR vendor company, is any commercial third party contracted to enable this data warehouse e.g. by handling data aggregation and linkage, or handling data storage solutions etc.? No
5. If yes, which third party commercial company is involved?
6. Does the Trust store any patient data on a cloud platform e.g., including, but not limited to, Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Azure or Amazon Web Services.? No
7. If yes, which cloud platform solution is used?
8. Does the Trust use an automated, EHR-linked system for NHS Digital Secondary Use Service SUS. data collation and submission, or is SUS data submitted by manual upload? No
Should you have any queries in relation to our response in this letter, please do not hesitate to contact me. If you are unhappy with the response you have received in relation to your request and wish to ask us to review our response, you should write to:-
– Head of Legal Services / Associate Director of Corporate Governance Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Edward Jenner Court
1010 Pioneer Avenue
Gloucester Business Park
Brockworth
GLOUCESTER GL3 4AW
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If you are not content with the outcome of any review, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner’s Office ICO. for further advice/guidance. Generally, the ICO will not consider your case unless you have exhausted your enquiries with the Trust which should include considering the use of the Trust’s formal complaints procedure. The ICO can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.
Yours sincerely,
Freedom of Information Officer
On behalf of Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust
FOI Request
Sent: 02 December 2021 12:30
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: freedom of information
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FOI team, Please see freedom of information request below with 8 questions about the use of patient data in your Trust. Please note that EHR equals electronic health record
1. Does your Trust operate, or contribute data to, an EHR-linked data warehouse that holds patient-level clinical data that can be used for research purposes? This includes EHR-linked data warehouses where the Trust is the data controller, or academic collaborations where an EHR-linked data warehouse is maintained by an academic institute. This does NOT include NHS Digital Secondary Use Service SUS. data submissions.
2. If yes, please specify who the data controller organisation is for the data warehouse.
3. If yes, please specify which EHR vendor softwares. the data warehouse receives data from. 4. Apart from your EHR vendor company, is any commercial third party contracted to enable this data warehouse e.g. by handling data aggregation and linkage, or handling data storage solutions etc.?
5. If yes, which third party commercial company is involved?
6. Does the Trust store any patient data on a cloud platform e.g., including, but not limited to, Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Azure or Amazon Web Services.?
7. If yes, which cloud platform solution is used?
8. Does the Trust use an automated, EHR-linked system for NHS Digital Secondary Use Service SUS. data collation and submission, or is SUS data submitted by manual upload?
Thank you for your assistance in this matter.
Yours Sincerely,