Research

This practice contributes to the clinical practice research datalink.

Information in patient records is important for medical research to develop me treatments and test the safety of medicines. This practice supports medical research by sending some of the information from patient records to the clinical practice research datalink (CPRD).

CPRD is a Government organisation that provides anonymised patient data for research to improve patient and public health.

You cannot be identified from the information sent to the CPRD.

If you do not want anonymised information from your patient record to be used in research, you can opt out by speaking to your doctor.

For more information about how your data is used, visit www.cprd.com/public

The practice is working with the RCGP research and surveillance centre (RSC), contributing pseudonymised data for national research and important public health surveillance (Covid-19, Influenza etc). This data enables continuous monitoring of infections and diseases in the community and is used in ethically approved research.

You cannot be identified from the information sent to the RSC.

If you do not want anonymised information from your patient record to be used in research, you can opt out by contacting the surgery.

For more information about the RSC, visit www.rcgp.org.uk/rsc#patients.

Find out more about the RCGP research and surveillance centre.