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Privacy Notice

Thank you for taking part in the Lateral Flow Covid 19. Your participation in this process is purely voluntary and you can withdraw at any time.

Why is it important you take part?

You will be aware from the Government and press that some people who are infected with Covid 19 display no symptoms (asymptomatic), but can still pass the infection on to others. We as a Trust want to ensure that staff are tested regularly to safeguard patients and staff.

Information you need to know:

The Secretary of State, Matt Hancock has issued a Notice under Regulation 3(4) of the National Health Service (Control of Patient Information Regulations) 2002 (COPI) requiring NHS Digital to share confidential patient information with organisations to manage the Flu and Covid 19 during the pandemic.

If you decide to take part in the Lateral Flow Test initiative, the Trust will collect and share the following information with Public Health England:

The following mandatory and optional information will be collected from you:

Mandatory	Optional
Surname Forename Date of birth Employee number Date and time of the test Test batch number Negative/ positive or invalid result Email	Mobile phone number Comments

Linking data:

The information you submit using the online form will be brought together from information contained in the electronic staff record (ESR), laboratory system (Review) and the e-Roster system (Allocate).

How is your information being used?

Identifiable information is being used to:

provide Occupational Health services to you
administer sick pay
arrange Covid 19 testing
ensure appropriate staff cover can be arranged
inform the Trust when you will be returning to work
Inform Public Health England (PHE) whether you have had a positive home test, followed by a positive or negative Covid 19 test.

The Trust is legally obliged to notify PHE of a positive Covid 19 test result under the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 and Health Protection (Notification) Regulations 2010.

Your rights:

The Data Protection Act 2018 provides you with the following rights

Right to withdraw consent
Right to be informed
Right of access
Right of rectification

How to exercise them:

If you have any concerns or complaints about how your personal information is being processed, please contact the Trust’s Data Protection Officer Heidi Doubtfire-Lynn on extension 5686 or email: sft.information.governance@nhs.net.

You also have the right to complain directly to the Information Commissioner’s Office:

Information Commissioners Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire, SK95AF.

Tel: 0303 123 1113.
Email: www.ico.org.uk

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