Citizen Identity Programme

Phil Stradling

Citizen Identity Lead

NHS England

Example: App for diabetes

Promotes self-care and shared decision making

Enables data exchange between a patient and their GP/care team

From NHS

From patient

• Test results• Care plan• Medicines

• Blood pressure• Mood• Weight loss after 3 months

Main points for session:

1. Testing options for verification of identity:a) GOV.UK Verify scheme run by Government Digital Serviceb) Local verification by GPs/Councils

2. Design and privacy principles defined by Advisory Group (PCAG)

3. Open identity platform for plug and play by health & care bodies

4. Key work by local projects – Liverpool, Hampshire

Design and Privacy Principles

• Design principles:1. Verify identity once for access to services across NHS and social care2. Provide choice in how verification is performed3. Providers continue responsibility for protecting personal data

• Key privacy principles:1. User control of their identity data (Opt in plus explicit consent)2. User choice of organisation to verify their identity 3. No centralisation of identity data

• Principles driven Privacy and Consumer Advisory Group• Provides advice and oversight for identity assurance services• Includes: Privacy International, Which?, ICO, No2ID, LSE

Identity Architecture – Separation of Concerns

Healthfabric

EMIS

Social Care

Local apps

National apps

eReferralsExperian

Hub

Matching service

IDCR

1. GOV.UK VerifyNHS Choices

Identity verification options:

2. Local Gov

Camden

3. Patient Online

GP & EMIS

Patient chooses identity provider

Target app requests authentication of user

Health and CareIdentity Platform

Mapping database

Hub

One overall identity strategy with different options for verification and authentication

Blood/Transplant

SCR

Verified eID returned to hub

Hub looks up NHS no using eID, sends NHS no to app

Landscape of Apps:

Post Office

Liverpool’s Vision for Digital Care and Innovation

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Our vision is that “by 2020, we will support better health for people in

Liverpool by maximising the benefits of digital technology and innovation”

Demo of using Verify -Start point is a GP web site

dgthuip

Logged in as JohnSmith99

Patient can view their medicines

1.Paracetamol2.Diclofenac

Questions