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The Guardian — Privacy · Jun 01, 2026 · International

Shared NHS patient records could cut 20,000 A&E visits a year, ministers claim

The UK government claims a proposed NHS modernisation bill — which would require GPs and hospitals in England to share patient data through unified single patient records — could reduce A&E visits by 20,000 a year and save £20 million annually. The bill is entering its second parliamentary reading.

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The Markup · May 27, 2026 · International

The form asked my permission to share my health data. Then it wouldn’t let me say no.

Patients at healthcare providers are encountering consent forms that nominally offer the right to opt out of data sharing with large health networks, but interface design prevents them from actually exercising that choice, effectively coercing consent.

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The Guardian — Privacy · May 11, 2026 · International

Palantir’s access to identifiable NHS England patient data is ‘dangerous’, MPs say

UK parliamentarians have raised alarms over NHS England granting Palantir and other contractors broad access to identifiable patient records — before pseudonymisation — as part of an AI platform development project. Internal NHS documents reportedly acknowledged the arrangement carries a risk of eroding public trust.

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The Guardian — Privacy · Apr 23, 2026 · International

What is the UK Biobank project and what are the privacy concerns around it?

UK Biobank is a long-running research project holding detailed health and genetic data from around 500,000 British volunteers. Reports have emerged that confidential records from the project appeared for sale on a Chinese website, prompting renewed scrutiny of how that data is stored, shared, and protected.

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