Children's Privacy Notice

What personal data do we collect about a child and where from?

Screening, physical examination and vaccination services are monitored to ensure that every child has access to all relevant health promoting initiatives. In support of this the CHIS maintains a record of all children from birth up to the age of 19 and receives data from General Practice, maternity departments, health visitor providers, screening providers and school age vaccination providers.

We will keep a child’s information for the length of the contract we have with NHS England to supply the CHIS. After this time, we will delete all data in a secure manner.

Who do we share your personal data with?

The CHIS will keep information about all children to ensure we deliver a safe and quality service. The service is maintained by InHealth Intelligence, a trading name of Health Intelligence Ltd, an NHS Business Partner contracted by the NHS to deliver this service. In support of child services, this data is shared with healthcare professionals involved in delivering NHS services to children:

• GP Practices
• Newborn (Neonatal) Hearing Screening
• Newborn Blood Spot
• Independent Midwives
• Safeguarding Team
• Local Education Authority
• School Immunisation Providers (SIPs)
• 0-19 Services (Health Visitor Providers)
• Maternity Departments
• Other CHISs located outside the region

Who has access to your personal data?

The CHIS engages Synertec Ltd and UK Mail, letter dispatch services to issue newborn blood spot result letters. The information is only accessed for a short period of time to allow printing and dispatch to occur.