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3rd Party Encryption Requirements (eg NHS Trusts)

Staff who work with business partners, e.g. NHS Trusts, should contact the relevant persons in their Faculty for further information on data protection to ensure that the external data handling requirements are met.

The following guidance is given for Health and Social Care Research 

NHS Information Governance Guidelines

  1. NHS Information Governance Guidelines on use of encryption to protect person identifiable and sensitive information
  2. Information Security Management: NHS Code of Practice
  3. Research Governance Framework for Health and Social Care


International approaches to enabling the sharing of Research Data

International approaches to enabling the sharing of Research Data (Opens in a new window)