Privacy policy: How we use your information

Healthcare Improvement Scotland is one of the organisations which form part of NHS Scotland (NHSS). Our functions and duties as prescribed in the NHS Scotland 1978 Act are to: 

  • support, ensure and monitor the quality of health care 
  • provide information about the availability and quality of services provided under the health service and by independent healthcare providers 
  • undertake evaluation and provision of advice to the health service on the clinical and cost effectiveness of new and existing health technologies including drugs 

Contact information 

If you wish to make a request to access your own personal information or make a complaint about the way we handle your information, get in touch. Contact our Data Protection Officer at:

His.ig@nhs.scot

You also have the right to complain about how we use your personal information to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). Details about this are on their website at http://www.ico.org.uk/ 

Our privacy notice

More information on our privacy notice

Personal information

How we use your personal information

Patient data

Patient data we process as part of our core activities and statutory functions

Peoples experience and research

How we use collected data in our work

Visiting our website

Our cookie policy

Providers

How we work with providers who process information for us

Sharing personal information

Where we share personal information

Retention and protection

How we store and protect your information

Your rights

Your data protection rights

Freedom of Information

You can request information from us