Understanding Patient Data
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Using patient data could help save lives
Why data is used -
Patient data should be kept safe and secure, to protect privacy
How data is used -
Everyone should be able to find out about how patient data is used
What you need to know
Four out of five people feel they don't know how health data is used in the NHS. We want to change that. Understanding Patient Data has been set up to support conversations with the public, patients and healthcare professionals about how health and care data is used, providing resources for people to find out more.
Patient data saves lives: animations
We've produced a series of animations to explain how data saves lives. Following the journeys of patients with cancer, a heart attack, diabetes, dementia and asthma, they show the huge range of ways data is used to improve care, and the safeguards that are in place to protect confidentiality.