Sharing a post from elsewhere.
Did you know? Do you trust them?
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This has not been widely publicised.
At the moment, you have to specifically give your express permission for your GP to share your medical records with a third party.
From 1st July, all your past, present and future records will be routinely shared with a new service - NHS Digital.
Your GP's system will share all your medical information with NHS Digital - including your NHS Number and postcode.
NHS Digital will take all information, and use it for research, analysis, health policies, information on demographics, locations etc and to share with third parties (but not marketing or insurance, apparently).
They will use a system to anonymise your NHS identification, but reserve the right to de-anonymise it if they need to.
Your GP service will be adding a statement to their surgery to state that your data is shared with NHS Digital.
YOU HAVE UNTIL 23rd JUNE TO OPT OUT.
Article in FT explaining:
<a class="break-all" href="http://go.mumsnet.com/?xs=1&id=470X1554755&url=www.ft.com/content/9fee812f-6975-49ce-915c-aeb25d3dd748?fbclid=IwAR1bTPMveMOWmvz831XJ9M0QlAH_-ijZkcRe02lh5HTqGlUmQTBzlNPHp5U" target="blank">http://go.mumsnet.com/?xs=1&id=470X1554755&url=www.ft.com/content/9fee812f-6975-49ce-915c-aeb25d3dd748?fbclid=IwAR1bTPMveMOWmvz831XJ9M0QlAH-ijZkcRe02lh5HTqGlUmQTBzlNPHp5U
Website explaining in detail how to opt out for GP data sharing and NHS Digital data sharing (different data and processes).
https://medconfidential.org/how-to-opt-out/?fbclid=IwAR0VSAIiDnULoWSo5Z4vKqzvmLGXdiXr4chrC3ALdeYMVpTLxdeqVoyZG_o