COVID-19 SGSS First Positives (Second Generation Surveillance System)
- Agreements naming it
- 33
- In term in September 2026
- 19
- Organisations
- 20
- Files released
- 206
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
- Ongoing
- System Access
- Legal basis for provision
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- CV19: Regulation 3 (4) of the Health Service (Control of Patient Information) Regulations 2002
- Consent (Reasonable Expectation)
- Health and Social Care Act 2012 - s261 - 'Other dissemination of information'
- Health and Social Care Act 2012 - s261(5)(c)
- Health and Social Care Act 2012 - s261(5)(d)
- Health and Social Care Act 2012 – s261(2)(a)
- Health and Social Care Act 2012 – s261(2)(b)(ii)
- Health and Social Care Act 2012 – s261(2)(c)
6 more
- National Health Service Act 2006 - s251 - 'Control of patient information'.
- Other-CV19: Regulation 3 (4) of the Health Service (Control of Patient Information) Regulations 2002
- Other-Coronavirus (COVID-19) notices under reg 3(4) of the Health Service Control of Patient Information Regulations 2002
- Other-Other(CV19: Regulation 3 (1) of the Health Service (Control of Patient Information) Regulations 2002)
- Other-Para 8.3.2 of the Covid-19 Directions
- Other-Regulation 3 (1) of the Health Service (Control of Patient Information) Regulations 2002
Organisations whose agreements name it (20)
Show the list, with the number of agreements for each
With an agreement in term in September 2026 (13)
- University of Oxford (2 of 7 in term)
- University of Bristol (4)
- University College London (UCL) (3)
- Queen Mary University of London (1 of 2 in term)
- Barts Health NHS Trust (1)
- Genomics England (1)
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (1)
- Harvey Walsh Ltd (1)
- Health Data Research UK (1)
- Imperial College London (1)
- UK Health Security Agency (1)
- University of Leeds (1)
- University of Liverpool (1)
With expired agreements only (7)
Files released by month
From January 2020, as on the files released over time page, which says why.
Files and agreements by month, as a table
| Month | Agreements receiving files | Files released |
|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | 1 | 1 |
| December 2025 | 2 | 2 |
| December 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| July 2024 | 2 | 2 |
| March 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| February 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| January 2024 | 2 | 3 |
| December 2023 | 2 | 3 |
| November 2023 | 4 | 4 |
| October 2023 | 1 | 1 |
| September 2023 | 2 | 3 |
| August 2023 | 3 | 4 |
| July 2023 | 2 | 2 |
| June 2023 | 2 | 2 |
| May 2023 | 4 | 5 |
| April 2023 | 2 | 2 |
| March 2023 | 2 | 4 |
| February 2023 | 4 | 5 |
| January 2023 | 5 | 6 |
| December 2022 | 5 | 6 |
| November 2022 | 3 | 4 |
| October 2022 | 3 | 4 |
| September 2022 | 7 | 8 |
| August 2022 | 3 | 4 |
| July 2022 | 2 | 3 |
| June 2022 | 4 | 5 |
| May 2022 | 4 | 5 |
| April 2022 | 3 | 3 |
| March 2022 | 5 | 5 |
| February 2022 | 6 | 7 |
| January 2022 | 4 | 6 |
| December 2021 | 4 | 8 |
| November 2021 | 3 | 3 |
| October 2021 | 3 | 4 |
| September 2021 | 6 | 7 |
| August 2021 | 7 | 10 |
| July 2021 | 2 | 4 |
| June 2021 | 3 | 7 |
| May 2021 | 2 | 3 |
| April 2021 | 3 | 6 |
| March 2021 | 2 | 4 |
| February 2021 | 2 | 3 |
| January 2021 | 2 | 3 |
| December 2020 | 2 | 4 |
| November 2020 | 2 | 4 |
| October 2020 | 2 | 4 |
| September 2020 | 2 | 5 |
| August 2020 | 2 | 4 |
| July 2020 | 1 | 4 |
| June 2020 | 1 | 5 |
| May 2020 | 1 | 2 |
Agreements covering this dataset
Showing all 33 agreements.
Files: files of this dataset released under the agreement, across all its versions.
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 COVID-19 SGSS First Positives (Second Generation Surveillance System). Read via NHS Data Access Explorer (unofficial), https://healthdatauses.uk/datasets/covid-19-sgss-first-positives-second-generation-surveillance-system/ (accessed [date]).
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