NHS Care.data 'can never be 100 per cent secure'

Danny Palmer
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Tim Kelsey, NHS England's national director for patients and information, admits data harvesting scheme raises ethical issues and will never be totally secure

The Care.data programme will push the NHS towards a consent-based model of data sharing by 2020, but 100 per cent security of patient information can't be guaranteed, Tim Kelsey, NHS England's nati...

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