Patient data-sharing for immigration enforcement: a qualitative study of healthcare providers in England.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To explore healthcare providers' perceptions and experiences of the implications of a patient data-sharing agreement between National Health Service (NHS) Digital and the Home Office on access to NHS services and quality of care received by migrant patients in England.

Design

A qualitative study using semi-structured interviews, thematic analysis and constant-comparison approach.

Participants

Eleven healthcare providers and one non-clinical volunteer working in community or hospital-based settings who had experience of migrants accessing NHS England services. Interviews were carried out in 2018.

Setting

England.

Results

Awareness and understanding of the patient data-sharing agreement varied among participants, who associated this with a perceived la

SUBMITTER: Papageorgiou V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7044876 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature