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Hancock to look at creating ‘consistent cloud platform’ for patient data

Matt Hancock has said he is looking into creating “a consistent data platform” which would see patient data being separated
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NHSX denies conflict of interest over DeepMind founder’s advisory role

Mustafa Suleyman was approached by NHSX to help the organisation explore how best to collect patient data, including the use
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US passes interoperability rules giving patients more data control

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has passed two rules that will help patients have more control
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Patient data now viewable across all Welsh health boards

Healthcare professionals in Wales can now access digital patient information across all health board organisational boundaries, NWIS has announced.
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Data strategies must be designed around patient input, report finds

Patients must feel a sense of agency and control over what happens to their data and health data must always
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Patient data sent to global drug companies ‘may not be anonymous’

Patients whose medical information is of particular interest to international companies have already been identified, senior NHS officials claimed.
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NHS ‘risks repeat of care.data in talks to commercialise medical records’

Secretive NHS talks to discuss the potential to commercialise 65 million patients' records risked jeopardising patient trust, Professor Joe McDonald
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NHS staff ‘uncomfortable with tech giants handling patient data’

A survey from Sensyne Health found that just 17% of 1,027 healthcare staff would trust big tech companies to handle
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Eight organisations join UK Health Data Research Alliance

The Alliance aims to make health data more accessible and improve data quality in order to build a more innovative
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National Data Guardian wants more discussion on NHS commercial relationships

The National Data Guardian for Health and Social Care commissioned a poll which looked into public attitudes to NHS organisations
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