GPs must inform patients that their health records could be sold - or risk action by the ICO
Electronic patient records will be passed on to other parts of the NHS and sold to private companies from this autumn - in anonymised form - but some patients could still be identifiable
GPs must inform patients that their health records could be sold to private companies – or risk action by the ICO
GP practices could be investigated by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) if they fail to warn patients that identifiable data will be extracted from their electronic health records to be used...
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