Physical Health Checks for people with Severe Mental Illness (PHSMI) Data Collection

A Data Provision Notice (DPN) has been received for this new data collection.

The data, as specified by the DPN, supports a Direction from NHS England. Organisations that are in scope of the notice are legally required to comply.

All General Practices are therefore mandated to comply with this invitation and approve the collection.

As NHS Digital is collecting personal data from General Practices through this collection, we have a legal duty to be transparent and to provide patients with transparency information under GDPR about the data we are sharing with NHS Digital. For further information relating to the use of data for this collection, please go to:

  • https://digital.nhs.uk/about-nhs-digital/our-work/keeping-patient-data-safe/gdpr/gdpr-register/physical-health-checks-for-people-with-severe-mental-illness-phsmi-gdpr-information