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NHS campaign guide - Privacy and medical information

‘Big Data’ is big news (and big money) in the NHS with campaigners asking ‘whose data’ and ‘transparent to whom’? One of OurNHS's key NHS campaigns.

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Read OurNHS stories about medical data and privacy here and openDemocracy stories on broader issues of technology and privacy here, or see links on the right.

The Health & Social Care Information Centre’s website is here.

Medconfidential, campaigning for better confidentiality of medical records, is here.

Dr Neil Bhatia has compiled a brief overview of his concerns here, a more detailed outline of his concerns here and here and an opt out form which you can download and hand into your surgery, here.

A Labour MP has tabled an Early Day Motion which MPs can sign, calling for the care.data upload to be halted, here.

Pulse (the GP magazine) regularly runs stories on care.data here (registration neccessary).

Find other campaigning tips on our 'Resources - Campaign tools' page here.

 

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