Surveys and research

If you sign up for the panel, we’ll collect:

• your name
• email address
• which of our services you have used or applied for.

We may later ask you to provide additional details, such as what region of the country you live in or your gender.

From time to time, we may contact you by email to see if you would like to take part in research with us. At that time we would provide you with full details of the research and what you would be asked to do. You can then decide if you would like to participate in that piece of research or not.

We won’t contact you more than a few times per month. Where possible, we’ll update you on findings from our research.

Storing your details

All contact details and information supplied by research volunteers will be stored in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.

Your information will be stored and processed by the NHSBSA, which adheres to strict rules to protect the personal data under our control. You can read more about this in our Data Protection Policy. We will only use your details to contact you about research opportunities, and not for any other purpose. Occasionally, we may work with our research agency to help us conduct interviews or focus groups. They work to the Market Research Society Code of Conduct and will not use your details for any other purpose. Your details may be shared with related organisations such as the Department of Health or NHS England for research invitations related to our services. We will store your details for one year, although you can contact us at any time before that to have your details removed.

Leaving the panel

You can withdraw from the research panel at any time by sending an email to nhsbsaresearch@nhs.net.

Terms and conditions

The NHSBSA respects your right to confidentiality and anonymity. Evidence collected from our research will be reported anonymously. It will not be possible to identify you individually from your responses. Your contact details may be shared with our research agency for the purpose of the stated piece of research only. Your details will not be shared with any other third party agencies. By joining the NHSBSA research panel, we require you to respect the general terms and conditions found on the NHSBSA website. If you choose to take part in NHSBSA research, we request that you do so honestly and in good faith.

If you would like to take part in the prize draw for your chance to win £50 in shopping vouchers, please provide your name and contact details at the end of the survey. Contact details will only be used by the NHS Business Services Authority to notify the prize draw winners and all other information gathered in the survey is completely anonymous.

Prize draw rules

1. There are three prizes of £50 in shopping vouchers and three winners per quarter.

2. The prize draw is open to people who have completed one of the surveys about prescription prepayment certificates, medical exemption certificates, maternity exemption certificates, the NHS Low Income Scheme, European Health Insurance Cards and NHS Tax Credit Exemption Certificates during the quarter of entry*.

3. Entry to the prize draw is restricted to one entry per person per quarter.

4. Multiple entries will be disqualified.

5. Employees of NHS Business Services Authority are not eligible to take part in the prize draw.

6. The prize draw will take place quarterly on 1 October, 2 January, 1 April and 1 July (or the next working day if the date falls on a weekend or bank holiday).

7. All entrants must be 16 and over and residents of the UK.

8. The prize is non-transferable and no cash alternative prize is available.

9. Three winners will be chosen at random from all entries.

10. Winners will be contacted by email or telephone within 6 weeks of the draw date.

11. The use of shopping vouchers will be subject to terms and conditions of the vouchers.

12. The Judge's decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

13. By entering the prize draw, participants consent to the disclosure of their name in the event of a win, to persons enquiring.

14. All personal data processed by the NHS Business Services Authority is handled in accordance with the requirements and safeguards of the Data Protection Act.

* If you would like to enter the prize draw without having completed a survey, you may do so by sending to the NHS Business Services Authority, Customer Insight & Research, Stella House, Goldcrest Way, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE15 8NY by pre-paid post, a written request to be entered into the prize draw. Such requests must be in English, legible, and include your full name, contact telephone number and UK residential address.