Information in patients records is important for medical research to develop new treatments and test the safety of medicines. This practice supports medical research by sending some of the information from patients records to the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CRPD).
CRPD data services from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency provide anonymised patient data for research to improve patient and public health. No information that can directly identify you is sent to the CRPD. Limited identifiable information relating to you (your NHS number, sex, date of birth and residence postcode) is sent directly to NHS England to enable data linkage.
If you do not want anonymised information from your patient record to be used in research, you can opt out by speaking to your doctor.
For more information about how your date is used visit: www.crpd.com/public