Security and privacy

Security

Security and the protection of people’s personal data is at the heart of the design and requirement of the NHS Federated Data Platform. We are working closely with the National Cyber Security Centre and all data will be held in line with the Office for National Statistics Five Data Safes and NHS England’s secure data environment principles.

Find our more about security and the protection of people’s personal data.

Privacy and confidentiality

NHS England takes its responsibility to handle health and care data lawfully, proportionately, ethically and in confidence very seriously, which is why privacy by design, is at the heart of the NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP).Find out more about how we are protecting privacy and confidentiality.