Only hospital or clinic staff with access to the Breast and Cosmetic Implant Registry (BCIR) can enter patient information. Any hospital or clinic treating someone with an implant can request access.
The data is collected at the time of the procedure and entered securely into the system.
The data that your surgical team will send to NHS Digital will include:
The Breast and Cosmetic Implant Registry has a steering group who advise on the operation of the registry. This steering group is made up of representatives from:
The steering group provides expert advice on:
NHS England publish regular reports on the data to support BCIR services and their delivery. No identifiable information is included within the reports.
Read the reports about the Breast and Cosmetic Implant Registry – NHS Digital
There are senior doctors who make sure patient privacy and confidentiality are respected. They’re sometimes called Caldicott Guardians.
The BCIR also adheres to all data protection law and operates to ensure the data system and values are clear and open.
The Public Benefit and Privacy Panel (PBPP) checks requests to share data. It maintains information governance rules of:
NHS England (formerly NHS Digital) made an application for NHS Scotland to join the registry and it was approved in February 2019. This was reapplied to and updated in October 2023.
Privacy and data security are very important to the Scottish Government and NHS Scotland health boards. We take our legal obligations seriously.
Strict measures have been put in place so that the BCIR follows privacy and data security laws.
A Data Protection Impact Assessment for NHS Scotland’s engagement in the BCIR has been shared with NHS Scotland health boards. Each participating board has signed off on the Information Sharing Agreement.
Privacy and data security are very important to the Scottish Government and NHS Scotland health boards. We take our legal obligations seriously.
Strict measures have been put in place so that the BCIR follows privacy and data security laws.
Last updated:
07 October 2021