For UK healthcare providers
Your DSPT, GDPR and NHS data obligations aren't fully met, and that's a risk to your contracts, your reputation, and your patients
Regulatory and information governance compliance in UK healthcare isn't optional. It's the gate through which NHS contracts, insurer relationships, and investor due diligence all pass. DSPT non-compliance blocks procurement, GDPR gaps create ICO exposure, and inadequate records create liability. Every month they sit unresolved is compounding risk.
Cost of Inaction
Answer a few quick questions about your regulatory status, time since your last compliance review, and revenue at risk. The tool flags your highest-risk areas and an indicative exposure score.
Regulatory risk level
MEDIUM- Potential fines£1,000 to £10,000
- Service suspensionLOW
- Criminal prosecutionUNLIKELY
Public disclosure of a MEDIUM regulatory position puts an estimated 8% of patient volume at risk, about £120,000 a year on £1,500,000 of revenue.
How it breaks down
- Patient volume at risk (8%)£120,000
- DSPT assessment is overdue or sitting at a lower standard than required
- Subject access requests handled inconsistently or too slowly
- Patient and financial records stored in systems that don't meet NHS security standards
- No documented process for data breach identification and reporting
- Procurement questionnaires reveal gaps that delay or block contract award
- NHS procurement blocked by DSPT non-compliance; ICO fines for GDPR breaches
- investigation or dispute without adequate records creates significant liability
- compliance failure in NHS context damages trust with commissioners and partners
- DSPT treated as annual checkbox rather than ongoing programme
- GDPR policy written but not embedded in operational practice
- No named data protection owner or DPO arrangement
- Record-keeping practices not reviewed against current NHS requirements
- Compliance gaps surfaced by procurement due diligence rather than proactive audit
How to fix it
A structured compliance review covers four areas: DSPT assessment and gap closure, UK GDPR implementation audit (policies versus actual practice), NHS record-keeping requirements, and evidential record management (records structured to be defensible in an investigation or dispute). Each area needs a named owner, a clear standard to meet, and a dated action plan.
From Paul
I'll show you the three things costing you most, and what I'd fix first.
A few quick questions, about two minutes, and no typing. I read every one myself and reply with the three things costing you most and where I'd start. If it's useful, we talk. If not, you've still got a clear picture.
No obligation, no sales call unless you ask for one, and nothing automated lands in your inbox.
Paul, Solvable
Frequently asked questions
Why does this problem persist?
Compliance is treated as a one-time project rather than an ongoing function. DSPT assessments get completed to the minimum threshold and then drift. GDPR policies are written but not implemented in practice. NHS record-keeping requirements evolve and nobody is tracking the changes. The result is a compliance posture that looked adequate twelve months ago but has silently deteriorated.
This is exactly what I do with UK private practices. Answer the few questions above and I'll come back personally with where to start. Paul.