Former NHS Improvement functions

Information about the transfer of functions from Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority to NHS England. 

The 2022 Health and Care Act introduced new legislative measures that aim to make it easier for health and care organisations to deliver joined-up care for people who rely on multiple different services, building on earlier recommendations by NHS England and NHS Improvement.

The Health and Care Act 2022 created a single NHS organisation comprising what was previously Monitor and NHS Trust Development Authority (TDA), known as NHS Improvement. As of 1 July 2022, a number of the processes and functions formerly undertaken by Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority are transferred to NHS England.

We have set out below a description of all the ways we process your personal data for those processes and functions transferred to NHS England, and the legal bases we rely on to do so.

Ambulance Service records

Purposes for processing

To securely store ambulance service records which are unable to be repatriated due to closure of the service.

Type of data

(a) Identity (b) Contact (c) Special categories.

Lawful basis for processing including basis of legitimate interest

Necessary for our legitimate interests to ensure secure storage of unrepatriated ambulance service records. Necessary for reasons of substantial public interest.

Recruitment for NHS trusts and charities

Purposes for processing

To recruit, appoint, appraise and develop executives, chairs and non-executive directors to NHS trusts and trustees to NHS charities, and support NHS foundation trusts in recruiting executives, chairs and non-executive directors.

Type of data

(a) Identity (b) Contact (c) Special Categories (d) Other personal data related to recruitment.

Lawful basis for processing including basis of legitimate interest

Necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in NHS England.

Necessary for the management of health or social care systems and services – health and social care purposes.

Capacity, capability and diversity monitoring

Purposes for processing

To improve the leadership of NHS trust and foundation trust boards by monitoring their capacity, capability and diversity.

Type of data

(a) Identity (b) Contact (c) Special Categories.

Lawful basis for processing including basis of legitimate interest

Necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in NHS England.

Necessary for our legitimate interests to ensure diversity in recruitment.

Necessary for the management of health or social care systems and services — health and social care purposes.

Research programmes

Purposes for processing

To improve the leadership of NHS trust and foundation trust clinical staff through research programmes.

Type of data

(a) Identity (b) Contact.

Lawful basis for processing including basis of legitimate interest

Necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in NHS England.

Compliance with NHS Provider Licence      

Purposes for Processing

To monitor independent providers’ compliance with the NHS Provider Licence.

Type of data

(a) Identity (b) Contact.

Lawful basis for processing including basis of legitimate interest

Necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in NHS England.

Applications for NHS Provider Licence

Purposes for processing

To process applications for the NHS providers’ licences and process requests for the revocation of an NHS provider licence.  

Type of data

(a) Identity (b) Contact.

Lawful basis for processing including basis of legitimate interest

Necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in NHS England.

Getting It Right First Time Programme

Purposes for processing

Information for Getting It Right First Time Programme.

Type of data

(a) Identity (b) Contact (c) Special Categories.

Lawful basis for processing including basis of legitimate interest

Necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in NHS England.

Necessary for the management of health or social care systems and services – health and social care purposes.

NHS England Nurses’ Data

Type of data

(a) Contact.

Lawful basis for processing including basis of legitimate interest

Explicit consent.

Theatre Productivity Programme

Purposes for processing

Theatre productivity programme (clinician-level activity data).

Type of data

(a) Identity (b) Contact.

Lawful basis for processing including basis of legitimate interest

Necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in NHS England.

Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB)   

Type of data

(a) Identity (b) Special Categories

Lawful basis for processing including basis of legitimate interest

Explicit consent.

Necessary for reasons for substantial public interest.

Necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in NHS England.

Necessary for the management of health or social care systems and services — health and social care purpose.

National Clinical Improvement Programme

Purposes for processing

National Clinical Improvement Programme; to set up user accounts for consultants and create the database containing consultant level patient pseudonymised clinical activity data sourced from Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) provided by NHS Digital.

Type of data

(a) Identity (b) Contact (c) Special Categories.           

Lawful basis for processing including basis of legitimate interest

Necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in NHS England.

Necessary for delivering our statutory functions.

Necessary for the management of health or social care systems and services – health and social care purposes.