CAP consultation and extension of access to PDS

Paul Barnfather ukcrypto at chiark.greenend.org.uk
Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:54:00 +0100


2009/4/14 Mary Hawking <maryhawking@tigers.demon.co.uk>:
> PDS - the Personal Demographic Service - is the database held by CfH for the
> NHS where all the population of England have their NHS numbers and
> demographics recorded and accessible.

On a personal note, how do I verify what data is held about me in the
PDS? Is this achieveable with a normal DPA request?
Of particular interest is the "NHS Care Record consent to share
status" flag as I do not recall ever being asked that question.

Presumably it defaults to "yes"?