The Trust has engaged the Federated Data Platform (NHS England » NHS FDP privacy notice) to assist with fast and secure processing of your information to better manage your care using the PSFU (Patient Follow up tool). You can see the PSFU Product Privacy Notices on the NHS England website.

Patient Follow Up Product Description

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust uses the Federated Data Platform (PSFU) Patient Follow Up Product to support and improve the patient experience and outcomes by tailoring aftercare and self-management of patients on cancer pathways. The overall aim of this product is to personalise the follow up support patients receive after cancer treatment.

The use of the Patient Follow Up Product by The Christie aims to reduce delays in communicating results and enable faster clinical response to abnormal results which may require clinical intervention, as a result improving patient experience and outcomes.

What personal data about me is processed in this product?

Personal data which directly identifies you (directly identifiable data) will be processed through the product for the purposes of Patient Follow Up. Data that is processed for the Patient Follow Up Product may include your:

  • Name
  • Address
  • Date of birth and age
  • General identifier such as your NHS Number
  • Health information, including information about your medical condition, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment

Who is my personal data shared with?

For Follow Up management, your personal data is accessed and used by Christie hospital staff who are coordinating your appointments, this includes support staff who need to support health care professionals to administer your care journey.

UK GDPR information

Your Data Protection rights are not altered by the solutions the trust uses to processes your information. Your Data Protection rights are based on our legal basis, in this case, that of delivering direct care (see “What are your data protection rights” in our core Privacy Notice).

The processing of personal data by The Christie for the purposes of management of your follow up care is permitted under the following legal grounds under data protection law (this is UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA2018)):

  • Public Task - Article 6(1)(e) of UK GDPR ‘necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority…’.
  • Health Care - Article 9(2)(h) of UK GDPR ‘necessary for the purposes of preventative or occupational medicine for the assessment of the working capacity of the employee, medical diagnosis, the provision of health or social care or treatment or the management of health or social care systems and services...”  In addition, the legal grounds under paragraph 2 of Part 1 of the DPA 2018 apply (health care purposes).

Processors acting on behalf of NHS Trusts

The data platform contractor, Palantir Technologies UK LTD is a processor acting on the instruction of the Trusts involved. The central contract and supplier assurances with Palantir is arranged, held and managed by NHS England. Palantir Technologies UK LTD provide the data platform and the technology that the Follow Up Product uses and only act on the instructions of the 9 NHS Trusts collaboratively using the Patient Follow Up Product.

For enquiries regarding use of your information, contact the-christie.dpo@nhs.net

Last updated date: 14 July 2026