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General Data Protection Regulation

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From:

NHS England Transformation Directorate: Information Governance Framework for Integrated Health and Care: Shared Care Records (Sep 2021)

NHS England

The EU regulation that was passed in May 2016 and transferred into UK law with the UK leaving the EU in January 2021. It forms part of the new data protection regime in the UK, alongside the Data Protection Act 2018.

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