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DAUK’s Dr Rosie Shire on NHS data: “Government faces legal challenge over NHS data sharing plan”

The government's plans to combine NHS patients medical records into a single database face a challenge in the courts. Campaigners from five groups are demanding the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) extend its opt-out deadline of June 23rd or face being sued. On May 12th, health secretary Matt…

Dr. Rosie Shire in Pulse: “Doctors threaten legal action to halt ‘unlawful’ mass GP data extraction”

Doctors, including GPs, have threatened a legal challenge against the Government unless it reverses its ‘unlawful’ plan to carry out the ‘largest seizure of GP data in NHS history’.  They warned the General Practice Data for Planning and Research (GPDPR) extraction planned for 1 July risked undermining patients’ trust in GPs. This…

DAUK in The Telegraph: “Warning NHS plans to share medical records with third parties could ‘erode’ GP-patient relations”

Doctors have warned plans to share NHS data with private third parties could make patients reluctant to share sensitive issues with their GP. From July 1 the way NHS Digital collects data from GPs will change to give researchers and planners easier access to anonymised medical records. This data has…

DAUK’s Dr Ellen Welch in The Guardian: “GPs warn over plans to share patient data with third parties in England”

Doctors have warned that plans to pool medical records on to a database and share them with third parties could erode the relationship between them and patients. The warning came as the Royal College of GPs wrote to NHS Digital urging it to better communicate with the public about the plans and…

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