In attendance
- Head of Information Governance (IG), FDP Programme, NHS England (Chair)
- IG Senior Consultant attached to FDP (Secretariat)
- Advisory Group for Data (ADG) Representative, NHS England
- Data Protection Officer Representative, NHS England
- IG Consultant, Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (CSU)
- EMEA Associate Director, IQVIA
- IG Lead, Moorfields Hospital
- Associate Director of Data and Information Governance London Wide LMCs
- IG Lead for Screening PTT NHS England (observer)
- Palantir Clinical Safety Officer
- Senior Clinical Lead and Associate Caldicott Guardian
- Head of Data Protection and Data Protection Officer, Imperial College Healthcare Trust
Apologies
- Head of IG, East of England Region
- Head of IG, Kingston Hospital NHS Trust
- Head of IG, University Hospitals of Northamptonshire
1. Welcome and apologies
The Chair welcomed members to the meeting.
Apologies were noted.
No conflicts/declarations of interests raised.
2. Minutes from previous meeting
The group approved and confirmed the minutes from the previous meeting following updates received remotely.
3. Document review: Quality audit tool (QAT) update
QAT is a local product that the group approved in April 2025.
This update allows the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to process audit data and generate summaries, recommendations and predictions.
The AI outputs are stored within the FDP and do not leave the platform. Only aggregated, operational and anonymised data is sent to the AI model for processing, with no patient‑identifiable information included.
Opinion of the group
The group discussed the documents and noted several points requiring clarification regarding the proposed inclusion of AI.
Action
FDP Product team to update the DPIA by describing, in more detail, the type of AI that is being utilised and the human review of outputs.
Decision of the group
This product was not approved at this meeting.
The FDP IG Team agreed to work with the product owner to update the documents – once completed the group agreed to review, and where appropriate, approve these documents remotely.
4. Document review: Diagnostic imaging scheduler update
Diagnostic imaging scheduler is a local product that the group previously approved in December 2024. This update expands the number of participating sites to further realise the benefits of the product.
Opinion of the group
The group discussed the documents and sought clarification on what engagement had been undertaken with reference to patients.
It was also identified that the wording of Risk 17 requires review and revision.
Action
The FDP IG Team will work with the product owner to update the documents.
Decision of the group
The group approved the documents with the caveat that the updates detailed above are made.
5. DSPT report Royal Free (enc 4)
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust failed to meet DSPT standards, logging an ‘Approaching Standards’ for 2023/24.
The Chair presented a report based on the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust’s improvement plan, which has been approved by NHS England’s DSPT Team.
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust have now met many of the standards, with a robust project plan in place which is fully resourced.
The proposed decision is that the group approve the Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust to be provided with an instance of the NHS FDP, on the understanding that the NHS England Cyber Team will also be consulted.
Opinion of the group
The group discussed the report and highlighted areas that specifically require Cyber approval.
Decision of the group
The group approved the recommendation with the caveat that this is shared with Cyber for approval.
6. Screening questionnaire report
The Chair presented the bi-monthly screening questionnaire report to the group; this details the screening questionnaires that have been completed and approved for all data flows that do not include processing of personal confidential data or pseudonymised data.
This is for information only.
Opinion of the group
The group discussed the report and raised some queries on formatting.
The report will be recirculated to the group with the formatting error corrected.
7. Any other business
Date of next meeting to be moved from 2 July 2025 to 9 July 2025, due to annual leave.
8. Close
The Chair thanked members for their attendance. Meeting concluded.
Date of next meeting: 9 July 2025