NHS NEL GP Data Protection Officer (DPO) Service update

NHS NEL GP DPO Service contact details

Please note the contact details for the NHS NEL GP DPO Service have been updated (new office and email):

NHS NEL GP DPO Service

NHS North East London

9^th Floor

20 Churchill Place

London

E14 5HJ

DPO Email: nel.gpdpoig@nhs.net

Information governance advice and guidance contact details

For information governance advice and guidance please log your data protection query with the NHS NEL Service Desk at Itservicedesk.nelicb@nhs.net or 0300 303 6778 (never include patient identifiable information).

For advice and guidance on data breaches, directly email the DPO at nel.gpdpoig@nhs.net.

New named Data Protection Officer for the NHS NEL GP DPO Service

A warm welcome to Radha Muthuswamy who has taken over from Sohifa Kadir as of 1 April 2026. Radha is very experienced in information governance and has worked with lots of GP practices in the NEL patch over many years, please do not hesitate to contact her for advice and guidance using the NHS NEL GP DPO Service contact details.

Kind regards, Sohifa Sohifa Kadir
Interim IG Lead – GP Data Protection Officer