Data Protection | You and the NHS
“We are worried patients are not going to have all the information they need to know what is going on with their records.”
British Medical Association
This year, the Government is intending to ask UK GPs to transfer the electronic medical records of their patients onto a national database called the ’spine’. This system is designed to be a huge national database of patient medical records and personal information with NO opt-out mechanism for patients at all.
There are substantial concerns about the privacy and confidentiality of information transferred onto the national database and a website has now been set up by The Big Opt Out to help give you as a patient the ability to opt out.
You can write to your GP using the online form (includes a form for you to fill in so that it automatically populates the letter).
More information about the Opt Out Campaign can be found here.
More information about the ‘Spine’ can be found here.
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