If this were all above board then fine. However the government tried to do exactly the same thing seven years ago and were met with a deluge of reasonable concerns which they promised would be addressed. Instead of doing so, and in the wake of years of failures of the current system to ensure medical data is properly handled, the government have attempted to sneak these changes through with no fanfare and no consultation.
Ref: www.theregister.com/2021/05/17/nhs_data_market_access/
p.s. It's not anonymised.
(, Sat 5 Jun 2021, 18:58, Reply)