The study has approval from special committees to receive and use your and your baby’s data from birth records and/or health records.
For England and Wales, we received approval from NHS England’s Advisory Group for Data (AGD) to receive your data and we also obtained support from the NHS Research Authority’s Confidentiality Advisory Group to set aside the common law duty of confidentiality under Section 251 of the National Health Service Act 2006.
For Scotland, we received approval from the NHS Scotland Public Benefit and Privacy Panel for Health and Social Care which considers requests to use specified health care data involving identifiable data whether with or without consent.
In Northern Ireland, we received approval from the Health and Social Care Trusts. We have received guidance and support from the Northern Ireland Health and Social Care Privacy Advisory Committee and the Department of Health.
For phase 2, we are in the process of applying for approvals from the same special committees.