NHS England provides the Wayfinder services that enable people and carers to access information about their secondary care referrals and their elective care via the NHS account (either the NHS App or ...

NHS England has expanded access to sensitive patient data for external contractors working on its controversial Palantir-backed data ...

England’s National Health Service (NHS) has long had grand ambitions for data use and sharing, but in the past has failed to win over the public with its plans. It hopes secure data environments will ...

Home; NHS England, NHS Digital and Health Education England merger; NHS England, NHS Digital and Health Education England merger. In November 2021 the then Secretary of State for ...

The government claims a data bill introduced in the House of Lords today will improve public services and boost the UK economy by £10bn. The Data Use and Access Bill will allow patient healthcare ...

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UK government could end Palantir NHS contract early MPs widely opposed to company's contract over data protection and ethical concerns Break clause could see contract ended by early 2027 The UK ...

NHS England grants 'unlimited access' to external contractors Contractors previously had to request access to specific data Companies working on the Federated Data Platform, such as Palantir, will ...

U.K. data protection authorities have issued a provisional fine of more than £6 million to NHS vendor Advanced after finding that the company failed to properly secure the information of thousands of ...

NHS Lanarkshire has been issued a reprimand by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after 26 staff at the trust used a WhatsApp group to share patient data, including names, phone numbers and ...

The UK's data watchdog said the failings meant children could be exposed to harmful material online. Advice from officials is issued about how to protect yourself. Data protection leaders say they ...

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is to press ahead with and accelerate its controversial plans to enable data sharing processes across the NHS. The scheme, dubbed 'Plan for Patients', ...