Your health and care data is sensitive, so there isn't just one safeguard protecting it. At iCARE, we use a range of technical, organisational and governance measures to protect data throughout its journey - from deciding whether it can be used, to who can access it and what can leave the secure environment.
How we protect your information: The Five Safes
The Five Safes is an established framework developed by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to help organisations use sensitive data safely and responsibly.
At iCARE, we use the Five Safes as part of our approach to protecting health and care data. It helps us consider five important questions about how data is used: who is using it, why it is needed, where it is being accessed, what data is being used and what can leave the secure environment.
How do we protect your privacy?
We take your privacy seriously. Before health and care data is made available to researchers, information that directly identifies you, such as your name or NHS number, is removed or replaced with a unique code.
This process is known as effective anonymisation. It is designed to reduce the likelihood of you being identified from the information researchers access.
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Governance is built into the design of the SDE from the outset. It is not an afterthought or a separate process - it is fundamental to how we protect data and enable its safe and responsible use for research Ben Glampson iCARE Associate Director
Contact us
For general enquiries email: imperial.dcs@nhs.net
For data access enquiries email: imperial.dataaccessrequest@nhs.net