Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007

43 Information relating to NHS registration

(1) The Secretary of State or other public authority may, subject to this section, disclose patient registration information to the Board.

(2) In subsection (1) “patient registration information” means information about the persons who are or have been registered in any place in England or Wales as persons to whom primary medical services are or may be provided.

(3) That information includes in particular, in relation to any person who is or has been registered as such a person—

(a) their address and any previous address,

(b) their date of birth and sex,

(c) their patient identification number, and

(d) their history of registration as such a person (including reasons for any periods of non-registration or for any cancellation of registration).

(4) The information disclosed under this section may not include any information about the health or condition of, or the care or treatment provided to, any person.

(5) Information disclosed under this section may only be used by the Board for the production of population statistics.

(6) In the application of section 39 to the disclosure by a member, employee or committee member of the Board of information received by the Board under this section, paragraphs (c) and (i) of subsection (4) of that section only have effect if the disclosure is made with the consent of the Secretary of State.

(7) In subsection (2) “primary medical services” means services which are primary medical services for the purposes of the National Health Service Act 2006 or the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 (c. 42).