Charities lobby Department of Health over care.data

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Charities raise concern over leafleting campaign and opt-out for children and the disabled

A group of charities have written to the Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt, to demand immediate action for an awareness campaign over NHS England's care.data project. The charities, whi...

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