DSPT Registrations and NHSmail NHS England NHS Improvement
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DSPT Registrations and NHSmail NHS England NHS Improvement
Why do we need to think about data security and protection? • New Data Protection Legislation / General Data Protection Regulation • National Data Guardian’s 10 data security standards • NHS Contract compliance • Good data hygiene 2 |
What is the DSPT? • Online, annual, data security self assessment • Final deadline is 31 st March each year 3 |
How to Register • Go to: https: //www. dsptoolkit. nhs. uk/Account/Register • You will need: • your email address • your ODS Code (Organisation Code) Organisations can search here for their ODS code: https: //odsportal. hscic. gov. uk/Organisation/Search • ODS Codes are normally in the format ‘A***’ or ‘C***’ for HQ organisations and ‘VL***’ or ‘VM***’ for Care Home sites and ‘VN***’ for Home Care sites • Toolkit can be completed at HQ or site level You can contact Exeter Helpdesk at: exeter. hepdesk@nhs. net or on: 0300 303 4034 • If you are registering your organisation for the first time, you will be the Administrator. You will be responsible for completing your organisation’s profile and adding any other users NHS England NHS Improvement
Regional Performance • In North East and Yorkshire 87% CH and 65% HC have NHS and secure accredited mail which includes : • 2930 CQC registered care providers • 25/182 Care Providers in Bradford and Craven haven’t accessed their account. NHS England NHS Improvement
Project Context- Pre Covid • DSPT North were providing regional training workshops since Jan 2019 covering DSPT and NHSmail. • From Jan 2019 - March 2020 care providers had to submit their DSPT assessment in order to apply for NHSmail. • NHSD have waived the preliminary requirement of DSPT completion in order to apply for NHSmail during the Covid-19 pandemic. • This led to the implementation of the fast track process. NHS England NHS Improvement
NHSmail Benefits • Socially distant transfer of information • Free • Best practice • GDPR compliance • DHSC act compliance • Provides a central directory (can find people) • Clear audit trail • Dedicated query support NHS England NHS Improvement
NHS Digital Hygiene Process • The hygiene process date is currently set for October will deactivate all email accounts inactive for the last 180 days. • This therefore includes accounts created through fast track between 31 st March and 31 st April which have not been active within this timeline. NHS England NHS Improvement
