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ID Authority and publication Status Checked Limits and use
SRC-001 UK GDPR: revised consolidated legislation
UK legislation
Legislation — UK GDPR 2026-10-19 Articles 2–4, 8A, 7, 10, 12–21, 25 and 36 checked in the revised legislation. Application to a service remains fact-dependent.
SRC-002 Data Protection Act 2018: Schedule 1
UK Parliament
Primary legislation 2026-10-19 Conditions must be satisfied on their facts; this source does not establish eligibility for any particular use.
SRC-003 UK GDPR Article 9: special categories of personal data
UK legislation
Legislation — UK GDPR 2026-10-19 Read with Article 6, DPA 2018 and separate confidentiality duties.
SRC-004 UK GDPR Article 6: lawfulness of processing
UK legislation
Legislation — UK GDPR 2026-10-19 Includes recognised legitimate interests effective in February 2026; no lawful basis has been selected for an actual service.
SRC-005 UK GDPR Article 5: data protection principles
UK legislation
Legislation — UK GDPR 2026-10-19 Principles establish duties, not a complete technical implementation specification.
SRC-006 ICO: DUAA summary of changes — data protection
ICO
regulatory-guidance 2026-10-19 Explains changes; current statutory wording and commencement instruments take precedence. Not a blanket healthcare permission.
SRC-007 DUAA Commencement No. 6 Regulations 2026, SI 2026/82
UK statutory instrument
Secondary legislation 2026-10-19 Regs 2–3 establish February and June commencement; savings and transitional provisions can affect earlier processing.
SRC-008 DUAA Commencement No. 9 Regulations 2026, regulation 2
UK statutory instrument
Secondary legislation 2026-10-19 Establishes transfer of regulator functions on 30 September 2026; does not itself define all substantive data protection duties.
SRC-009 UK GDPR Article 84B: additional requirements for research, archiving and statistical purposes
UK legislation
Legislation — UK GDPR 2026-10-19 Direct legislation data.html fetch checked; web-rendering tool could not render this endpoint. Read with Article 84C.
SRC-010 UK GDPR Article 84C: appropriate research safeguards
UK legislation
Legislation — UK GDPR 2026-10-19 Direct legislation data.html fetch checked. Approved medical research is defined in paragraph 5; approval is not assumed.
SRC-011 UK GDPR Article 22A: automated processing and significant decisions
UK legislation
Legislation — UK GDPR 2026-10-19 Meaningful human involvement and significance require assessment of the actual decision process.
SRC-012 UK GDPR Article 22B: restrictions on automated decision-making
UK legislation
Legislation — UK GDPR 2026-10-19 Contains the stricter special-category rule and recognised-legitimate-interests restriction. No decision process assessed.
SRC-013 UK GDPR Article 22C: safeguards for automated decision-making
UK legislation
Legislation — UK GDPR 2026-10-19 Direct legislation data.html fetch checked; read with Article 22A–B and any applicable Article 22D regulations.
SRC-014 UK GDPR Article 28: processor requirements
UK legislation
Legislation — UK GDPR 2026-10-19 Contract requirements do not determine factual roles or supply missing lawfulness/confidentiality permission.
SRC-015 UK GDPR Article 26: joint controllers
UK legislation
Legislation — UK GDPR 2026-10-19 Joint determination of purposes and means must be established on facts; shared data alone is insufficient.
SRC-016 UK GDPR Article 30: records of processing activities
UK legislation
Legislation — UK GDPR 2026-10-19 Relevant special-category processing is not excused by the under-250-person exemption.
SRC-017 UK GDPR Article 37: designation of the data protection officer
UK legislation
Legislation — UK GDPR 2026-10-19 Core activities, scale and public-authority status require factual assessment.
SRC-018 UK GDPR Article 35: data protection impact assessment
UK legislation
Legislation — UK GDPR 2026-10-19 Includes high-risk and large-scale triggers; source does not establish that every health-data activity requires a DPIA.
SRC-019 UK GDPR Article 32: security of processing
UK legislation
Legislation — UK GDPR 2026-10-19 Risk-based duty; specific controls must be selected and tested for the actual service.
SRC-020 UK GDPR Article 33: notification of personal data breaches
UK legislation
Legislation — UK GDPR 2026-10-19 Regulator notification threshold differs from the threshold for notifying affected people.
SRC-021 UK GDPR Article 34: communication of breaches to individuals
UK legislation
Legislation — UK GDPR 2026-10-19 High-risk threshold and paragraph 3 exceptions require incident-specific assessment.
SRC-022 UK GDPR Article 46: transfers subject to appropriate safeguards
UK legislation
Legislation — UK GDPR 2026-10-19 Current data-protection test verified. Applicability depends on the actual transfer and safeguards.
SRC-023 ICO: Pseudonymisation
ICO
regulatory-guidance 2026-10-19 Guidance marked under review after DUAA. Recipient-specific anonymity cannot be assumed merely because identifiers were removed.
SRC-024 ICO: What is special category data?
ICO
regulatory-guidance 2026-10-19 Guidance marked under review after DUAA; used for data classification and inferences, not outdated automated-decision wording.
SRC-025 ICO: A brief guide to international transfers
ICO
regulatory-guidance 2026-10-19 A transfer route must cover the actual entities and facts. This does not establish a destination as adequate or assess its safeguards.
SRC-026 National Health Service Act 2006, section 251
UK Parliament
Primary legislation 2026-10-19 Definitions and enabling power; not the source of the whole common-law duty.
SRC-027 Health Service (Control of Patient Information) Regulations 2002, regulation 5
UK Government
Secondary legislation 2026-10-19 Approval route is limited to its statutory purposes and conditions.
SRC-028 Health Service (Control of Patient Information) Regulations 2002, regulation 7
UK Government
Secondary legislation 2026-10-19 Controls apply to processing under the Regulations.
SRC-029 Confidential patient information and the Regulations
Health Research Authority
Official guidance 2026-10-19 Explains CPI and CAG; distinguish advice from statutory approval.
SRC-030 Guidance for CAG applicants
Health Research Authority
Approval guidance 2026-10-19 Updated 12 May 2026; actual approval conditions remain project-specific.
SRC-031 Understanding the national data opt-out
NHS England
NHS policy 2026-10-19 Current published policy contains programme-specific exceptions; recheck at use.
SRC-032 Individual care and research and planning uses of data
NHS England
NHS policy 2026-10-19 Purpose classification also covers internal repurposing.
SRC-033 Using and disclosing patient information for secondary purposes
General Medical Council
Professional guidance 2026-10-19 Addressed to doctors; does not confer blanket supplier authority.
SRC-034 The Caldicott Principles
National Data Guardian
Governance principles 2026-10-19 Principles support judgment; they do not replace a legal basis.
SRC-035 Guidance on the appointment of Caldicott Guardians, their role and responsibilities
National Data Guardian
Statutory guidance 2026-10-19 Have-regard duty has a defined organisational and publicly funded service scope.
SRC-036 Health and Social Care (National Data Guardian) Act 2018, section 1
UK Parliament
Primary legislation 2026-10-19 Identifies who must have regard to NDG guidance.
SRC-037 Development, deployment and monitoring of data-driven technologies
Health Research Authority
Official guidance 2026-10-19 2022 lifecycle explanation; current amended law prevails over older legal wording.
SRC-038 What approvals do I need?
Health Research Authority
Approval guidance 2026-10-19 Use decision tools with actual research design; no blanket approval conclusion.
SRC-039 Research Ethics Committee review
Health Research Authority
Approval guidance 2026-10-19 REC and HRA Approval scopes differ.
SRC-040 HRA Approval
Health Research Authority
Approval guidance 2026-10-19 Updated 28 April 2026; controller permission remains distinct.
SRC-041 Consent in research
Health Research Authority
Official guidance 2026-10-19 Participation consent is separate from the UK GDPR basis.
SRC-042 Access to Medical Reports Act 1988
UK Parliament
Primary legislation 2026-10-19 Applies to defined doctor-prepared employment/insurance reports; not all health records.
SRC-043 Disclosing information for employment, insurance and similar purposes
General Medical Council
Professional guidance 2026-10-19 Doctor duties do not determine the recipient employer’s lawful basis.
SRC-046 Health and Social Care Act 2012, section 250 (current text)
UK Parliament / legislation.gov.uk
Primary legislation 2026-10-19 Read with commencement and savings; each standard specifies its addressees.
SRC-047 The Health and Care Act 2022 (Commencement No. 10 and Transitional and Saving Provision) Regulations 2025
UK Government / legislation.gov.uk
Secondary legislation 2026-10-19 Regulation 3 preserves the previous regime for standards already published and in effect before 7 July 2025.
SRC-048 The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2026, regulation 2
UK Government / legislation.gov.uk
Secondary legislation 2026-10-19 Commencement evidence; not proof that every enabled standard or regulation has been made.
SRC-049 Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, Schedule 15
UK Parliament / legislation.gov.uk
Primary legislation 2026-10-19 Amending provisions; use current legislation and the applicable standard for an implementation decision.
SRC-050 DCB0129: Clinical Risk Management: its Application in the Manufacture of Health IT Systems
NHS England
information standard 2026-10-19 Current release page lists 7 June 2018; applicability and statutory transition require separate assessment.
SRC-051 DCB0160: Clinical Risk Management: its Application in the Deployment and Use of Health IT Systems
NHS England
information standard 2026-10-19 Current release page lists 7 June 2018; assess the deploying organisation's actual role and system.
SRC-052 Applicability of DCB 0129 and DCB 0160: Step by step guidance
NHS England (published as NHS Digital)
official guidance 2026-10-19 Last edited August 2022; its statutory quotations predate 2025/2026 changes. Use with savings, current notices and contracts.
SRC-053 Applicability of DCB 0129 and DCB 0160: Background
NHS England (published as NHS Digital)
official guidance 2026-10-19 May 2022 explanation of the previous legal framework and procurement route; not a complete current-law statement.
SRC-054 How Digital Technology Assessment Criteria (DTAC) works
NHS England
official assurance guidance 2026-10-19 Updated 21 September 2026; a product's intended purpose and use determine scope.
SRC-055 DTAC in relation to other regulatory and assurance processes
NHS England
official assurance guidance 2026-10-19 General summaries do not replace individual laws, standards or deployment assessment.
SRC-056 Data Security and Protection Toolkit: Overview and introductory guidance
NHS England
official assurance guidance 2026-10-19 Explains policy and contractual routes; organisation-specific assertions and access conditions vary.
SRC-057 Data Security and Protection Toolkit
NHS England
official assurance service 2026-10-19 Dynamic page: 2026–27 version 9 was displayed at the check date. Recheck at the point of use.
SRC-058 Records Management Code of Practice: Section 1, Scope of the code
NHS England
official code of practice 2026-10-19 Scope includes NHS/adult-social-care and secondary-use records; not a universal statutory retention schedule.
SRC-059 Records Management Code of Practice: Section 5, Management of records when the minimum retention period is reached
NHS England
official code of practice 2026-10-19 Record-specific schedules, continuing need, access requests and legal/inquiry holds affect disposal.
SRC-060 NHS and social care data: off-shoring and the use of public cloud services Guidance
NHS England (published as NHS Digital)
official guidance 2026-10-19 Updated May 2022; combine with current transfer law, relevant contract and actual overseas access.
SRC-061 The Network and Information Systems Regulations 2018: guide for the health sector in England
Department of Health and Social Care
official statutory guidance 2026-10-19 Health-sector OES guidance; it does not fully determine digital-service-provider/cloud scope.
SRC-062 Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill: stages
UK Parliament
legislative status 2026-10-19 As at 19 October 2026, Lords report stage was listed for 26 October 2026. A Bill is not commenced law.
SRC-063 Medical device stand-alone software including apps (including IVDMDs)
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
official regulatory guidance 2026-10-19 Qualification guidance; assess objective intended purpose and current UK MDR. Older embedded regulatory references need checking.
SRC-064 Medical devices: post-market surveillance requirements — Introduction and scope
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
official regulatory guidance 2026-10-19 Applies within the stated Great Britain device scope from 16 June 2025; not every software service is a device.
SRC-065 Understanding accessibility requirements for public sector bodies
Government Digital Service / Central Digital and Data Office
official guidance 2026-10-19 Explains public-sector accessibility and reasonable adjustments; not a complete employment discrimination analysis.
SRC-066 Access to Medical Reports Act 1988
UK Parliament / legislation.gov.uk
Primary legislation 2026-10-19 Applies to the defined employment/insurance reports and medical practitioners; exceptions and procedural details matter.
SRC-067 Data protection and workers’ health information
Information Commission (ICO)
regulator guidance 2026-10-19 Employer power imbalance affects consent; assess the precise purpose, Article 6 basis and Article 9 condition.
SRC-068 Introduction to the Children's code
Information Commission (ICO)
regulator guidance 2026-10-19 The relevant online-service and likely-child-access tests matter; storing children's records alone does not establish code scope.
SRC-069 The Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003, current text
UK Government / legislation.gov.uk
Secondary legislation 2026-10-19 Check current regulation 6/Schedule A1 and regulation 22, including amendments commenced 5 February 2026.
SRC-070 Access to the health and care records of deceased people: guidance for information governance professionals
NHS England
official guidance 2026-10-19 Updated 2 September 2026; access routes and restrictions differ by requester and record; living third parties remain protected.
SRC-071 Secure data environment for NHS health and social care data: policy guidelines
Department of Health and Social Care
Government policy 2026-10-19 NHS analysis/research policy, not a universal statutory rule for every health-data service.
SRC-072 Data access policy update
Department of Health and Social Care
Government policy 2026-10-19 Secure-access policy direction; check current data-controller route and contract.
SRC-073 Guidance on the use of storage and access technologies
Information Commission / ICO
Regulatory guidance 2026-10-19 Finalised 29 April 2026 after DUAA changes; check exceptions by purpose.
SRC-074 Equality Act 2010, section 60
UK Parliament
Primary legislation 2026-10-19 Pre-offer health enquiries are restricted with defined exceptions.
SRC-075 Data Protection Act 2018, section 185
UK Parliament
Primary legislation 2026-10-19 Certain contractual terms demanding health records obtained by subject access are void.
SRC-076 Human Rights Act 1998, Schedule 1, Article 8
UK Parliament
Primary legislation 2026-10-19 Privacy interference by public authorities requires lawful, necessary, proportionate justification.
SRC-077 Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 — official collection
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
government-guidance 2026-10-19 User-requested research entry point. The collection links guidance and factsheets; it is not a substitute for operative provisions and commencement instruments.
SRC-078 EU General Data Protection Regulation: Article 3 territorial scope
European Union / EUR-Lex
primary-legislation 2026-10-19 Article 3 verified through official EUR-Lex indexed text; direct page rendering returned a bot challenge. Used only for conditional territorial scope, not a full EU-law assessment.
SRC-079 Human Rights Act 1998, section 6
UK Parliament
Primary legislation 2026-10-19 Consolidated XML checked. Public-authority/public-function scope and statutory exceptions require factual assessment.
SRC-080 DAPB0086: Data Security and Protection Toolkit
NHS England
Information-standard notice 2026-10-19 Page lists version 8, Amd 21/2025, published 12 August 2025. Identify addressees and relevance before asserting a statutory duty; distinguish the notice from the operational version 9 cycle.
SRC-081 DAPB0086: Data Security and Protection Toolkit — Requirements Specification, version 8
NHS England
Information-standard requirements 2026-10-19 Sections 7 and 11.1 describe scope, DHSC policy and the separate NHS Standard Contract route. Version 8 categories and deadlines must not be assumed to govern version 9.
SRC-082 DSPT: Organisation types, 2026–27
NHS England
Official assurance guidance 2026-10-19 Organisation type depends on services, contracts and other drivers. Parent coverage requires the relevant services and activities to be included; no category assigned to an actual contractor.
SRC-083 Confidentiality: disclosing information for employment, insurance and similar purposes
General Medical Council
Professional guidance 2026-10-19 Paragraphs 4–8 and reproduced paragraph 115 address dual obligations, informed authority and relevant, substantiated disclosure. Whole records should not usually be disclosed for these reports; exceptions and statutory rights need separate assessment.
SRC-084 National data opt-out operational policy guidance: Introduction
NHS England
NHS policy guidance 2026-10-19 Section 1.4 explains “purposes beyond individual care” and individual/direct care. Used as a terminology authority, not to extend opt-out policy to every use.
SRC-085 National data opt-out operational policy guidance: Appendix 2, Definitions
NHS England
NHS policy guidance 2026-10-19 A2.1 defines individual/direct care for this policy, including qualifying local audit. Definitions must be read in context; older legal explanations are not relied on as current consolidated law.
SRC-086 Do clinic AI tools need DTAC and DSPT?
Motics / Dr Harvinder Power
Commercial secondary commentary 2026-10-19 User-supplied research prompt, reviewed 10 October 2026. Claims are tested against official sources; no endorsement or vendor compliance assessment.
SRC-087 CAF-aligned DSPT guidance: Introduction
NHS England
Official assurance guidance 2026-10-19 Explains the health and care overlay, confidentiality and information governance, and the limits of DSPT coverage. CAF-specific structure is not attributed identically to every category.
SRC-088 DSPT: Organisation search
NHS England
Official assurance service 2026-10-19 Public lookup by organisation name or ODS code. Record period, status and publication date; no actual supplier has been assessed here.
SRC-090 Context slide supplied by the user — local seed retained
User-provided research seed
Research seed 2026-10-19 Unverified starting map. No inferred authority, instructions, or application scope.
SRC-091 DenchCo Knowledge Base Wiki Standard, pinned revision
DenchCo
Implementation standard 2026-10-19 Implementation reference only; no healthcare legal authority.
SRC-092 Open Knowledge Format v0.2 specification, pinned revision
Google Cloud Platform
Format specification 2026-10-19 Implementation reference only; source identity inherited from pinned Standard and independently hash-checked.
SRC-093 DSPT 2026–27 requirements
NHS England
Official assurance requirements 2026-10-19 Version 9, CAF 4.0 alignment, assessment structures and 30 June 2027 submission deadline. Check applicable interim or contractual milestones separately.
SRC-094 DSPT 2026–27 audit requirements
NHS England
Official assurance requirements 2026-10-19 Current mandatory audit areas distinguish CAF organisations and IT suppliers; do not infer the same audit duty for every category.
SRC-095 National Data Guardian 2023–2024 report, section 6.7.3
National Data Guardian
Published official advice 2026-10-19 Historical advice on proposed MOD fitness-to-serve access through GP Connect. Supports the purpose/access distinction; does not decide DSPT or prohibit all authorised GP reports.
SRC-096 2026/27 NHS Standard Contract: General Conditions, full length, version 1
NHS England
Published model contract 2026-10-19 Cover confirms 2026/27 despite the filename. GC21.2 requires annual published DSPT assessment and applicable mandatory requirements; GC21.6 addresses audit. Does not establish incorporation into an actual MOD or other non-NHS contract.
SRC-097 Introduction to anonymisation
ICO
Regulatory guidance 2026-10-19 Guidance marked under review after DUAA. Anonymous information is outside data-protection law; anonymisation of personal data remains processing. Identifiability and other rules need assessment.
SRC-098 ICO Data Sharing Code: Security
ICO
Statutory-code guidance 2026-10-19 Recipient responsibilities and reasonable sender security checks. Guidance marked under review after DUAA; does not grant a universal audit right over separate controllers.
SRC-099 ICO Data Sharing Code: Data sharing agreements
ICO
Statutory-code guidance 2026-10-19 Separate-controller agreements are good practice, not universally mandatory. Joint-control and processor duties remain distinct. Guidance marked under review after DUAA.
SRC-100 ICO: When do we need to do a DPIA?
ICO
Regulatory guidance and Article 35(4) list 2026-10-19 The opportunity/access trigger includes special-category processing without an automation or scale condition. Recruitment application is reasoned synthesis, not an ICO ruling on this service. Guidance marked under review after DUAA.
SRC-101 ICO: How do we do a DPIA?
ICO
Regulatory guidance 2026-10-19 Controller responsibility, flexible assessment format, DPO advice and implementation. Does not establish a general right for a disclosing GP to the full document. Guidance marked under review after DUAA.
SRC-102 ICO Data Sharing Code: Lawfulness
ICO
Statutory-code guidance 2026-10-19 General legal powers, constitutional restrictions, human rights and implied confidentiality are separate from the UK GDPR lawful basis. No actual MOD power or exemption selected. Guidance marked under review after DUAA.
SRC-103 UK GDPR Article 24: responsibility of the controller
UK legislation
Legislation — UK GDPR 2026-10-19 Demonstrable, risk-appropriate measures and review; policies where proportionate. Does not prescribe one universal recipient-assurance document.
SRC-104 ICO Data Sharing Code: Deciding to share data
ICO
Statutory-code guidance 2026-10-19 Separates mandatory high-risk DPIAs from recommended use for other sharing. Allows scalable assessment within existing risk frameworks. Guidance marked under review after DUAA.
SRC-105 ICO Data Sharing Code: About this code
ICO
Statutory-code status guidance 2026-10-19 Explains the code's legal relevance and optional good practice. Does not turn every recommendation into a standalone duty. Guidance marked under review after DUAA.
SRC-106 NHS England: Data sharing and processing agreement (DSPA)
NHS England
Official template guidance 2026-10-19 Updated 7 May 2026. Combines role-specific agreements; available for other sectors sharing with health and care. The published universal template excludes research. No completed agreement reviewed.

See the evidence matrix for claims and the validation queue for unresolved questions. Implementation references near the end of the register are not healthcare legal authorities.