Privacy Notice – Corporate Functions

Conflicts of Interest and Declaration of Gifts and Hospitality

Purpose

NHS Norfolk and Waveney ICB is required by law to protect the public funds it administers. It may share information provided to it with other bodies responsible for auditing, or administering public funds, or where undertaking a public function, in order to prevent and detect fraud.

Legal Basis

The Cabinet Office is responsible for carrying out data matching exercises under its data matching powers set out in Part 6 of the Local Authority and Audit Act 2014 as part of the National Fraud Initiative (NFI).

Processing Activities

Under this legislation the Cabinet Office:

May carry out data matching exercises for the purposes of assisting in the prevention of and detection of fraud;
May require certain bodies to provide data for data matching exercises;
May accept data submissions on a voluntary basis;
Must prescribe a scale or scales of fees for mandatory data matching exercises;
May charge a fee for voluntary data matching exercises; and
Must consult mandatory participants and relevant stakeholders before prescribing the mandatory scale or scales of fees

Data matching involves comparing computer records held by one body against other computer records held by the same or another body to see how far they match. This is usually personal information. Computerised data matching allows potentially fraudulent claims and payments to be identified. Where a match is found it may indicate that there is an inconsistency which requires further investigation. No assumption can be made as to whether there is fraud, error or other explanation until an investigation is carried out.

NHS Norfolk and Waveney ICB participates in the Cabinet Office’s National Fraud Initiative to assist in the prevention and detection of fraud. We are required to provide particular sets of data to the Minister for the Cabinet Office for matching for each exercise, as detailed here. The Cabinet Office has published a privacy notice in respect of the National Fraud Initiative below:

National Fraud Initiative Privacy Notice

The use of data by the Cabinet Office does not require the consent of the individuals concerned under the Data Protection Act 2018.

Data matching by the Cabinet Office is subject to a Code of Practice.

For further information on the Cabinet Office’s legal powers and the reasons why it matches particular information, please refer to: www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-fraud-initiative

Patient and Public Involvement

Locum Reimbursements

Recruitment

Purpose	All persons who are required to make a declaration of interest(s) or a declaration of gifts or hospitality should be aware that the register(s) may be published on the ICB’s website. This information may also be provided to individuals identified in the registers because they are in a relationship with the person making the declaration.
Legal Basis	Section 140 and section 14z8 of the NHS Act 2006
Processing Activities	An annual summary of the register(s) of interests (including the register of gifts and hospitality) are published as part of the ICB’s Annual Report and Annual Governance Statement. Where appropriate person identifiable information is excluded from our public registers.