Shielded Patient List
- Agreements naming it
- 3
- In term in September 2026
- 1
- Organisations
- 3
- Files released
- 0
Files released counts only files released externally by DARS. Access granted in NHS England's own systems, such as its Secure Data Environment, is not included.
How the register describes it
Recorded against the dataset on each agreement, and not always the same from one agreement to the next, so every value found is listed.
- Type of data
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- Anonymised - ICO Code Compliant
- Identifiable
- Sensitivity
-
- Non-Sensitive
- Sensitive
- Frequency of release
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- Frequent Adhoc Flow
- One-Off
- Legal basis for provision
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- CV19: Regulation 3 (4) of the Health Service (Control of Patient Information) Regulations 2002
- Health and Social Care Act 2012 - s261 - 'Other dissemination of information'
- Other-Health and Social Care Act 2012 Section 261(1) and Section 262(2)(e)
- Other-Regulation 3 of the Health Service (Control of Patient Information)
Organisations whose agreements name it (3)
Show the list, with the number of agreements for each
With an agreement in term in September 2026 (1)
With expired agreements only (2)
- NHS England (1)
- University of Oxford (1)
Agreements covering this dataset
Showing all 3 agreements.
Files: files of this dataset released under the agreement, across all its versions.
| Agreement | Organisation | Type | Files | Latest term | Status | Commercial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DSfC - CIPHA - CV19 DARS-NIC-396095-H1P1D | NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board | ICB - Integrated Care Board | 0 | 24 October 2025 to 23 October 2026 | In term | No |
| COVID-19 – NHS England Application DARS-NIC-384608-C9B4L | NHS England | Agency/Public Body | 0 | 30 June 2022 to 30 September 2022 | Expired | No |
| Request to share information from the Shielded Patient List (SPL) for Covid-19 Purposes DARS-NIC-381632-M4D9L | University of Oxford | Academic | 0 | 1 October 2020 to 30 September 2022 | Expired | No |
No longer in the register (2)
Agreements naming this dataset that earlier editions listed and the September 2026 edition does not. Each page shows what the register last said. None is counted in this site's figures.
| Agreement | Organisation | Last published |
|---|---|---|
| COVID Oximetry At Home - (CO@H): Imperial DARS-NIC-421524-R0Y3P | Imperial College London | January 2023 |
| COVID Oximetry At Home - (CO@H): Improvement Analytics Unit DARS-NIC-421528-J6S3N | The Health Foundation | January 2023 |
Cite this page
NHS England (2026) Data Uses Register, September 2026 edition, agreements naming Shielded Patient List. Read via NHS Data Access Explorer (unofficial), https://healthdatauses.uk/datasets/shielded-patient-list/ (accessed [date]).
This address stays the same, but the page is rebuilt with each monthly edition, so the citation names the edition it shows. Every edition's data is kept in the facts store.