General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - Participant Information

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the sponsor for this study based in the United Kingdom. We will be using information from you and your medical records in order to undertake this study and will act as the data controller for this study. This means that we are responsible for looking after your information and using it properly. The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will keep identifiable information about you for up to 5 years after the study has finished.

Your rights to access, change or move your information are limited, as we need to manage your information in specific ways in order for the research to be reliable and accurate. If you withdraw from the study, we will keep the information about you that we have already obtained. To safeguard your rights, we will use the minimum personally-identifiable information possible.

You can find out more about how we use your information at: http://www.newcastle-hospitals.org.uk/about-us/freedom-of-information_how-we-use-information.aspx