Information about Research Studies and Data
As an NHS organisation we use personally-identifiable information to conduct research to improve health, care and services. As a publicly-funded organisation, we have to ensure that it is in the public interest when we use personally-identifiable information from people who have agreed to take part in research. This means that when you agree to take part in a research study, we will use your data in the ways needed to conduct and analyse the research study. Your rights to access, change or move your information are limited, as we need to manage your information in specific ways in order for the research to be reliable and accurate. If you withdraw from the study, we will keep the information about you that we have already obtained. To safeguard your rights, we will use the minimum personally-identifiable information possible.
Health and care research should serve the public interest, which means that we have to demonstrate that our research serves the interests of society as a whole.
UK Policy Framework for Health and Social Care Research
If you wish to raise a complaint on how we have handled your personal data, you can contact our Data Protection Officer who will investigate the matter. If you are not satisfied with our response or believe we are processing your personal data in a way that is not lawful you can complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).
Our Data Protection Officer is Richard Green and you can contact them at dataprotectionofficer@nsft.nhs.uk
Research may be sponsored by companies developing new medicines or medical devices, NHS organisations, universities or medical research charities. The Research Sponsor (the Data Controller) decides what information will be collected for the study and how it will be used.
NSFT Research Operating Capability Statement
NSFT Research has an R&D Operational Capability Statement, endorsed by the Trust Board of Directors, which outlines our organisational capacity to undertake research:
NIHR B01 RnD Ops Capability May 2011
