Care.data

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Care.data on hold again

Controversial patient data collection programme care.data has been put on hold again while a review of the opt-out model is
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Over-budget GPES has no future – NAO

Significant delays to the General Practice Extraction Service have seen costs rise from £14 million to £40 million - and
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Care.data, NHS.uk and N4 get red lights

The successful delivery of care.data, NHS.uk and N4 “appears to be unachievable”, with all three major projects getting red lights,
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HSCIC confident in care.data

The Health and Social Care Information Centre is confident that its current communications plans for care.data will be passed by
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Care.data re-launched this month

One of the four care.data pathfinders will start contacting patients about the re-launch of the controversial scheme later this month.
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Delay to 700,000 patient opt-outs

The Health and Social Care Information Centre is “extremely concerned” that 700,000 patient objections to having their identifiable data shared
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Care.data stuck in the last chance saloon

Critics of care.data say it is sitting in the “last chance saloon”. Sam Sachdeva looks at its prospects in the
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EU ministers back data privacy changes

The European Union has provisionally agreed changes to planned data privacy legislation that will make it easier to share data
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Data advisory group to disband

The independent advisory group set up to review requests for GP patient data is being disbanded in favour of two
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Care.data on hold until election

Lingering questions dogging NHS England's controversial care.data programme will hold up data extractions until after the May general election, Tim
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