National data guardian calls for dialogue on NHS Digital GP plans
Nicola Byrne, the UK’s national data guardian for health and social care, has called for more dialogue over the NHS Digital GP Data for Planning and Research…
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NHS extends deadline to opt-out before your records are shared outside health service
NHS Digital will extend the deadline for patients across England to opt-out of a new centralised database, which will store the medical records of some 55…
Thousands flood NHS to book Covid-19 vaccines, but some over-25s are being rejected
Thousands have rushed to the NHS website to book their Covid-19 vaccination after the Government opened-up appointments for all 25-29 year-olds in England…
Campaigners plan legal action over NHS data sharing
A coalition comprising medical organisations, privacy campaigns and a Conservative MP, supported by tech justice specialists Foxglove, is preparing to embark…
NHS Education for Scotland defends ‘decade-long’ public cloud deal with AWS
An NHS Scotland training body has hit back at accusations that a decade-long cloud deal signed with Amazon Web Services (AWS) over 12 months ago is…
The NHS says you should allow it to share your medical records next month, here’s why
NHS has confirmed why it thinks patients should allow it to share their medical records (Image: GETTY • NHS)If you didn't know, the NHS is planning to make…
BCS: Lack of communication over NHS GPDPR ‘astonishing’
The vast majority of the 55 million people in England whose GP records will be shared with third-parties within weeks under a new NHS Digital scheme are…
GPs are fighting NHS plans to share your medical records with private companies next month
As it stands, all 36 GP surgeries in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets have agreed to withhold the data when collection begins July 1, 2021. An email…