Introduction

The National Data Opt-Out Service has been established to ensure that a mechanism is developed and available for Health and Social Care organisations to use that will enable a Patient’s preference to be honoured accordingly, e.g. if a Patient’s preference is to opt-out then their data is to be withheld from being shared from appropriate disclosures – this is known as the ‘Upholding’ of an opt-out.

Requirements

National Data Opt-Out applies to all in-scope data from GP systems including any exports, extracts, releases, disseminations and disclosures from GP systems as defined by National Data Opt-Outs Operational Policy.

Supplier Solutions need to retrieve the National Data Opt-Out Status before using or disclosing data, which can be done over Message Exchange for Social Care and Health (MESH). Technical information below describes, how to access and use MESH to check for National Data Opt-Outs:

• Check for National Data Opt-outs Service

• DCB3058 Compliance with National Data Opt-Outs contains further information on the Standard and information on the legal, strategic and policy context behind the requirements.

ID	Requirement	Level
NDOP-01	Implement and maintain National Data Opt-Out inline with the final set of National Data Opt-Out requirements, v2.0 published April 2019: Open	MUST

Compliance, Assurance and Testing

See the National Data Opt-Out (NDOP) section on Onboarding Overview of the Digital Care Services Interoperability Standards and Requirements.

Dependencies

Creating a compliant implementation requires implementing the following dependent interface standard:

Roadmap

Items on the Roadmap which impact or relate to this Standard