HSCIC is sharing data of patients who opted out of care.data

Sooraj Shah
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Organisation says patient opt-outs will be actioned by January 2016, nearly two years after some patients opted out

Patients who wanted to opt out of the NHS's hotly-debated care.data programme should have their wish granted by January 2016 - but their data may still be being released by HSCIC. Around 700,000...

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