Assurance

Information governance

The National Digital Platform offers a suite of technical services that have been commissioned by the Scottish Government. These currently support a wide range of digital products in use within NHS Scotland.

The processing of personal data carried out by the NDP is covered by the NES overarching privacy notice which can be found here: https://www.nes.scot.nhs.uk/legal-and-site-information/privacy/

For information on processing carried out by any of the digital products we support or for people looking for details around how their personal data is processed, you should contact the organisation who NES are providing the service to (known as the Data Controllers).

In most instances this will be the NHS organisation that is providing healthcare services to you and is likely to be your local Health Board. Contact details for all Health Boards’ Data Protection Officers, as well as further information of how NHS Scotland handles your data can be found here: https://www.nhsinform.scot/care-support-and-rights/health-rights/confidentiality-and-data-protection/how-the-nhs-handles-your-personal-health-information

For information on processing carried out by any of the digital products we support please contact the data controller.

Accessing information

You have the right to request access to information held by NES, as set out in the:

• UK’s Data Protection legislation for information about you
• Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 for information relating to the environment
• Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 for all other information.

Find out more about requesting information on the NES corporate website Freedom of Information section .

As resources are added to the NDP, information will be provided on how various user groups may access these resources, in accordance with our overall governance arrangements.