Plans to share your medical records with private organisations
A heated debate has started following the news that the Government proposes to share medical records information with 3rd parties. On the one hand, if the data is suitably protected and anonymised, it is clear that there might be some benefits to medical science and to Britain’s pharmaceuticals and medical sectors, both important to the economy. As against this are concerns that the government, whilst stating that any shared data will be done carefully and safely, will not do so.
Confidence that such data sharing would be dealt with properly is not helped by the debacle of the huge amount of money wasted on the now abandoned attempt to centralise a database for all NHS records.
Confidence is further diminished by the fact that a number of NHS authorities have repeatedly lost patient data.
