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GP revolt against sale of patient data gathers pace as health trusts threaten the sack
Massive threat to personal medical data privacy as automatic opt-in to is enforced. From Computing.co.uk:
More GPs either refusing to comply with care.data as first refusenik GP is threatened with the sack
Increasing numbers of GP practices are revolting against the government’s care.data scheme to extract and sell “pseudonymised” patient data to the private sector.
And GPs that refuse to comply with central government instructions to allow the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) to extract and upload patient data have been warned that they are putting their jobs at risk.
According to an investigation by the Daily Mail, at least four GP practices will defy government instructions – with many more set to join them. A number have written to their patients to seek their consent, informing them that if they do not object within a month, their patient records could be taken by the HSCIC for its care.data database and sold on to researchers, insurance companies and other organisations.
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Source: http://tallbloke.wordpress.com/2014/02/08/gp-revolt-against-sale-of-patient-data-gathers-pace-as-health-trusts-threaten-the-sack/
