Partridge Review’s elegant demolition of past practice on personal data offers opportunity for fresh start with the public

Sir Nick Partridge's review published today, of data releases by the NHS Information Centre, is an elegant demolition of all that has gone before in the way in which medical records have been commoditised and shared with public and private sector organisations.  Everyone should read it. I am sure that many better informed people than I … Continue reading Partridge Review’s elegant demolition of past practice on personal data offers opportunity for fresh start with the public

Comment: So what next for care.data?

The fundamental issue at stake here is respect for the citizen. The last month of debate about care.data feels like the previous ten years of discussion about the sharing of personal data bottled as a concentrate solution of ill-temper or should that be distemper? Many will say that NHS England - who yesterday announced a … Continue reading Comment: So what next for care.data?