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Care.data. Selling England by the pound
« on: 26 February, 2014, 11:22:26 AM »
This would be funnier if it wasn't so true.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgrZ9ZlTTIc&feature=youtu.be

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Re: Care.data. Selling England by the pound
« Reply #1 on: 26 February, 2014, 04:11:01 PM »
Good news is you can tell your GP not to upload your data to the HSCIC, but you need to do it quick!

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Re: Care.data. Selling England by the pound
« Reply #2 on: 26 February, 2014, 04:31:04 PM »
Good news is you can tell your GP not to upload your data to the HSCIC, but you need to do it quick!


The bad news is that the NHS have already flogged our data to insurers for a measly £2,220. :bashy: :bashy: :bashy: :bashy: :bashy: :bashy: :bashy:

Patient records should not have been sold, NHS admits

The records should not have been sold to the insurance industry, says the Health and Social Care Information Centre which has taken over responsibility for NHS data

 Medical records should not have been sold to the insurance industry, the new body in charge of NHS patient data has declared.

The Telegraph disclosed that 13 years of hospital data – covering 47 million patients – was sold by the NHS for insurance purposes.

The society of actuaries which obtained the information used it to provide guidance to insurance companies about how to set their prices for critical illness cover, suggesting higher premiums could be justified for most customers below the age of 50.

The disclosure came days after controversial plans to extract patient data from GP records were put on hold, amid concerns over the scheme.

The news it provoked criticism from MPs on the Commons health select committee, who are expected to question NHS officials over the matter during a hearing tomorrow.

Those in charge of the new scheme have repeatedly insisted that data held in the new giant database would never be used for insurance purposes, stating that any such actions would represent a criminal offence.

Last night a spokeswoman for the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), which is now in charge of NHS data, said its predecessor body was wrong to sell the information to the insurance industry.

The £2,220 purchase in 2012 was made by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries – a professional body for professionals who work for insurance and investment companies. It published guidance for insurers and actuaries on how to "refine" critical illness cover.

The spokeswoman for HSCIC said: "The HSCIC believes greater scrutiny should have been applied by our predecessor body prior to an instance where data was shared with an actuarial society."

"We would like to restate that full postcodes and dates of birth were not supplied as part of this data and that it was not used to analyse individual insurance premiums, but to analyse general variances in critical illness," she added.

The organisation said it would publish details of the bodies to whom it supplies such data later this year.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/nhs/10659147/Patient-records-should-not-have-been-sold-NHS-admits.html
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