HSCIC finally agrees to implement opt-outs for care.data
Organisation signs an undertaking with ICO to comply with Data Protection Act
Patients who opted out between January 2014 and April 2016 may still have had their data shared by HSCIC
The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) has finally agreed to opt-out patients from the NHS's controversial care.data programme. The programme, which aims to take data from GP surgeries...
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