NHS Digital: Primary Care Medical Records Debate
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Lord Bishop of Carlisle
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NHS Digital: Primary Care Medical Records
Lord Bishop of Carlisle Excerpts(2 years, 10 months ago)
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Lord Bethell (Con)
I am enormously grateful for the noble Baroness’s endorsement of our decision to delay the rollout. As the absolute epitome of the patient safety cause, she knows more than anyone the importance of data to that cause. I completely endorse the points she made.
The Lord Bishop of Carlisle
My Lords, informed consent is at the heart of good patient care. Can the Minister tell us what plans Her Majesty’s Government have to inform patients that they have the right to opt out of having their personal medical information collected in this way? How will this be advertised?