Health and Care Act 2022

96 Sharing anonymous health and social care information

After section 251C of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 insert—

“CHAPTER 1B Sharing of anonymous information

251D Sharing anonymous information

(1) A health or social care body may—

(a) require another health or social care body to provide information, other than personal information, that relates only to its activities in connection with the provision of health services or adult social care in England;

(b) require a private health or social care provider to provide information, other than personal information, that relates only to its activities in connection with the provision of health services, or adult social care in England, in pursuance of arrangements made with a public body.

(2) A health or social care body may impose a requirement under subsection (1) only for purposes related to its functions in connection with the provision of health services or adult social care in England.

(3) Regulations may create exceptions to subsection (1), which may be framed by reference to specified bodies or descriptions of bodies, descriptions of information or otherwise.

(4) Subsection (1) does not require a person to process information so as to render it into a form in which it must be provided.

(5) For enforcement of requirements under subsection (1)(b), see section 277E.

(6) For the purposes of this section—

• “adult social care” has the meaning given by section 250(7);

• “health services” has the meaning given by section 251C(6A);

• “health or social care body” means a public body which exercises functions in connection with the provision of health services or of adult social care in England;

• “personal information” means information which is in a form that—

  (a)

  identifies any individual, or

  (b)

  enables the identity of any individual to be ascertained;

• “private health or social care provider” means a person (other than a public body) who provides health services, or adult social care in England, pursuant to arrangements made with a health or social care body;

• “public body” has the meaning given by section 250(7).”