NHS care.data scheme

More than half of the general public still has not heard of the Government’s project of sharing patients’ medical records and making them available for purchase. This was revealed by an IPSOS MORI poll commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. The survey also found that over half of the general public was against an opt-out policy.

This coincides with the result of a vote by doctors, at the British Medical Association conference in Harrogate, in favour of an opt-in policy. In part, the results of the vote could put pressure on the Government to make a concerted effort to educate the public about the care.data scheme, having failed to do so thus far.

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