{"id":5,"date":"2015-03-11T13:27:02","date_gmt":"2015-03-11T13:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wp-dev.scot.nhs.uk\/infogov\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2025-06-26T09:00:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T09:00:09","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.informationgovernance.scot.nhs.uk\/pbpphsc\/","title":{"rendered":"nhs scotland Public Benefit and Privacy Panel for Health and Social Care (HSC-PBPP)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How to <\/strong>access health data in Scotland.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your application for access to data is managed by the <strong>Public Health Scotland<\/strong> (PHS) electronic Data Research and Innovation Service (eDRIS:  <a href=\"mailto:phs.edris@phs.scot\" data-type=\"mailto\" data-id=\"mailto:phs.edris@phs.scot\">phs.edris@phs.scot<\/a>) <strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Initial enquiries for data access <\/strong>should be submitted to <a href=\"https:\/\/researchdata.scot\/\">Research Data Scotland (RDS)<\/a>, who will pass on this information to the PHS eDRIS team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PHS eDRIS support your data, analytical and access needs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NHS Scotland <\/strong>Public Benefit and Privacy Panel for Health and Social Care<strong> (<strong>HSC-PBPP<\/strong>)<\/strong> is a governance structure of NHSScotland (NHSS) to <strong><strong>scrutinise and consider your application purpose for public benefit and information governance requirements<\/strong>.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Information governance (IG) is an enabler to access Scotland\u2019s data and the <strong>HSC-PBPP<\/strong> provides robust, transparent, consistent, appropriate and proportionate IG and scrutiny of data access requests to ensure the IG principles of safe people, safe projects, safe data, safe places are maintained. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For a n<strong>ew application<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Go to<\/strong> the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.informationgovernance.scot.nhs.uk\/pbpphsc\/home\/for-applicants\/\">Information for Applicants <\/a>tab for details about what to do if you have a request for access to health data in Scotland.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">or Amendment to an Approved <strong>Application<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Go t<\/strong>o the  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.informationgovernance.scot.nhs.uk\/pbpphsc\/home\/application-amendments\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.informationgovernance.scot.nhs.uk\/pbpphsc\/home\/application-amendments\/\">Application Amendments<\/a>  tab for details about what to do to request an amendment to a previously approved application.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Full details of how we use your information, and how we maintain your right to privacy, can be found on the Public Health Scotland <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publichealthscotland.scot\/our-privacy-notice\/\">Privacy and Cookies<\/a> page <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to access health data in Scotland. Your application for access to data is managed by the Public Health Scotland (PHS) electronic Data Research and Innovation Service (eDRIS: phs.edris@phs.scot) . Initial enquiries for data access should be submitted to Research Data Scotland (RDS), who will pass on this information to the PHS eDRIS team. 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