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Question reference: S4W-24598

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 23 February 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 4 March 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to carrying out a privacy impact assessment on plans for the extension of access to the NHS Central Register.

The NHS Central Register (NHSCR) is a register managed by National Records of Scotland and was created in the early 1950s. There is no Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) for the NHSCR as a whole since it pre-dates this requirement. The Scottish Government and delivery partners have two published PIAs for the policy and operational system relating to myaccount. Organisations using myaccount are also expected to undertake a PIA prior to implementing it. Consultation is an important part of the PIA process and the Scottish Government’s public consultation on the use of the NHSCR will inform the development of PIAs for each of the other proposals that we set out in the consultation that closed on 25 February 2015. PIAs will accompany the final proposals.