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Exclusive Almost a third of GPs say they intend to opt their patients out of the care.data scheme if NHS England doesn’t accept calls for the scheme to be run on an opt-in basis.
Pulse’s survey of more than 400 GPs reveals that 31% of respondents said they would opt patients out - despite this being unlawful - while only 32% said they would not be opting patients out.
GPs who answered the survey expressed concern that patients were not fully aware of the scheme - after a botched national leaflet campaign about the scheme only reached a third of households - and may confuse it with other schemes which directly benefit patient care, like the summary care record.
Many GPs also said that inadequate safeguards and a lack clarity of where data can be shared and what it can be used for were behind their decision to opt patients out.
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/20007472.article
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Pulse’s survey of more than 400 GPs reveals that 31% of respondents said they would opt patients out - despite this being unlawful - while only 32% said they would not be opting patients out.
GPs who answered the survey expressed concern that patients were not fully aware of the scheme - after a botched national leaflet campaign about the scheme only reached a third of households - and may confuse it with other schemes which directly benefit patient care, like the summary care record.
Many GPs also said that inadequate safeguards and a lack clarity of where data can be shared and what it can be used for were behind their decision to opt patients out.
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/20007472.article
(free registration required)