EMIS Health, a data processor acting on behalf of GP practices within the Surrey Heartlands area, is changing certain technical aspects of the way in which it delivers services to GP Practices (see https://www.emisnug.org.uk/blog/next-generation-emis-x-announced).  As part of this transition, EMIS will be moving the data which it hosts on behalf of GP Practices from its own data centre to a third-party data centre, which is owned and operated by Amazon Web Services (AWS).  Delivery of the services is subject to the terms of the GP Systems of Choice Framework (GPSOC) which is managed by NHS Digital on behalf of the Secretary of State for Health. The exercise will involve a change to the manner in which data is being processed on behalf of the practices.