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:
NHS Digital has a Steering Group to advise on the registry. The Steering Group is made up of patient representatives and people from:
The Steering Group give expert advice on:
NHS Digital will publish regular reports on the data to support services. There will not be any information to identify individuals in the reports.
There are senior doctors who make sure patient privacy and confidentiality are respected. They’re sometimes called Caldicott Guardians.
We adhere to all data protection law. We work 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 Digital made an application for NHS Scotland to join the registry and it was approved in February 2019.
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.
The Data Protection Impact Assessment for NHS Scotland’s engagement in the BCIR was shared with the NHS Boards.
Last updated:
07 October 2021