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Patients are being denied access to vital information about their own health because of staff fears over data protection rules.
The alarming revelation emerged in a major review of how millions of private medical records are looked after across the NHS.
Campaigners have expressed concern after the review found patients and carers are being refused information even after signing consent forms demanding data be sent to them.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/nhs-stopping-patients-seeing-medical-1864612
The alarming revelation emerged in a major review of how millions of private medical records are looked after across the NHS.
Campaigners have expressed concern after the review found patients and carers are being refused information even after signing consent forms demanding data be sent to them.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/nhs-stopping-patients-seeing-medical-1864612