The Data Security and Protection Toolkit (DSPT) is an online self-assessment tool that institutions who are accessing NHS patient data and systems can use to demonstrate their performance against the National Data Guardian’s 10 data security standards.
If you plan to access NHS patient data or systems as part of your research, some NHS Trusts may request that you provide them with a DSPT self-assessment, so they can verify that the institution is practising good data security, and that personal information they may share with Lancaster University is handled correctly.
The University can support you in completing a DSPT self-assessment should one be required; or if you are a researcher based in the Faculty of Health and Medicine (FHM), you may be able to use a faculty wide toolkit that has already been verified.