A selection of press and online articles, radio and TV items about the privacy of NHS records.
2025
October
Egos are the biggest challenge to NHS tech adoption, says Tang – Digital Health, 9 October
‘Let go of your egos’, national tech director tells NHS leaders – HSJ, 8 October
UK government says digital ID won’t be compulsory – honest – The Register, 3 October
Major software company rules out helping Labour introduce digital ID cards – JOE, 3 October
September
AI isn’t replacing radiologists – Works in Progress, 25 September
Rights Group urge Starmer to Abandon plans for mandatory Digital ID – Big Brother Watch, September 24
Huge healthcare hack leaks MRI scans, X-rays and more from over 1M devices – Computer User, 4 September
Leaked emails link NHS data privatiser Palantir to Jeffrey Epstein – Canary, 1 September
August
Exclusive: Full cost of federated data platform to exceed £1bn – HSJ, 20 August
AI-assisted tool on FDP will help write hospital discharge letters – Digital Health, 18 August
NHS to use AI technology to help free up hospital beds – Sky News, 16 August
No Palantir in the NHS and Corporate Watch reveal the real story behind the Federated Data Platform Rollout – Corporate Watch, 13 August
Shared Blair Record – HSJ, 6th August
The tech company winning big from Trump’s presidency – The Telegraph, 5 August
NHS Fife won’t confirm probe into patient information leak – The Herald 3 August
July
School nurse struck off for accessing patient records out of curiosity – Nursing Standard, 31 July
Our Future Health: consent, clinical risk, and industry issues plague the UK’s biggest ever health research programme – BMJ, 30 July
Keir Starmer’s Government is Sleepwalking Britain Into the Grip of Trump-Supporting Big Tech – Byline Times, 25 July
Write-back to aging UK health systems lessens benefits of Palantir-based platform – The Register, 10 July
Palantir accuses BMA of ‘choosing ideology over patient interest’ amid NHS data row – Pulse, 9 July
Palantir accuses UK doctors of choosing ‘ideology over patient interest’ in NHS data row – The Guardian, 8 July
‘Single patient record’ to become available via NHS App by 2028 – Pulse, 4 July
NHS will be ‘digital by default’ under 10 year health plan – Digital Health, 3 July
NHS App to become ‘a doctor in your pocket’ under 10 Year Health Plan – UK Authority, 3 July
DHSC to launch ‘innovator passport’ to accelerate tech adoption – Digital Health, 2 July
June
59 hospital staff ‘violated privacy’ as one cancer sufferer ‘died without justice’ – Mirror, 30 June
AI system to identify unsafe care ‘before it becomes a tragedy’ – Digital Health, 30 June
‘My sister died without justice’: Nearly 60 Cambs hospital staff members violate patients’ privacy– Cambridgeshire Live, 30 June
NHS App could offer AI-driven mental health support – Digital Health, 27 June
NHSE approves Medicus Health EPR system for primary care – Digital Health, 26 June
Patient death linked to cyber attack on NHS pathology provider – Digital Health, 26 June
NHS warns against non-compliant AI transcription tools in clinical use – Tech Monitor, 25 June
Doctors are using unapproved AI software to record patient meetings, investigation reveals – Sky News, 24 June
DHSC to roll out national maternity dashboard to address failings – Digital Health, 24 June
Patients Know Best single patient record launches England-wide GP record – Health Tech Newspaper, 20 June
Public favours tiered system of access for single patient record – Digital Health, 18 June
NHS staff unsettled by patients filming care and posting videos on social media – The Guardian, 17 June
NHSE creating national population health management tool for FDP – Digital Health, 12 June
NHS England pauses AI project fed health data of 57m patients – The Observer, 10 June
Loss of data relating to inquiry at NHS trust most likely deliberate, say police – The Guardian, 10 June
One of NHS’s biggest AI projects is halted after fears it used health data of 57 MILLION people without proper permissions – Daily Mail, 8 June
Doctors to refer NHS to data watchdog over feeding patient data to AI – Politico, 6 June
Police in UK can now take women’s phones and check their period tracking app – Tyla, 6 June
Win: NHS admits it has to respect patient data rights – GLP, 5 June
AI project to predict health outcomes paused over GP data concern – Digital Health, 4 June
Major AI project paused over patient data concerns – HSJ, 4 June
Abortion laws are Victorian era, says grieving mum – BBC News, 4 June
GPs force NHS England to hit pause on a ‘ground-breaking’ AI project – Computing, 4 June
NHS England pauses ‘ground-breaking’ AI project following GP data concerns – Pulse, 3 June
May
Joe McDonald: ‘The single patient record is too big to succeed’ – Digital Health, 28 May
Guy’s and St Thomas’ launches AI-enabled women’s health service – Digital Health, 28 May
Abortion arrest: Recording reveals police concern – BBC, 27 May
‘Amazon-style’ prescription tracking goes live on NHS App – Digital Health, 23 May
One of Britain’s largest health trusts says ‘no ta’ to Palantir-run data platform – for now – The Register, 23 May
Police could search your home and check your period tracking app after pregnancy loss – The Mirror, 22 May
Patient data could power the NHS. Much of it is still stuck on paper – Financial Times, 20 May
NHSE quizzed on the link between single patient record and FDP – Digital Health, 19 May
Greater Manchester says its NHS analytics stack is years ahead of Palantir wares – The Register, 21 May
Some English hospitals doubt Palantir’s utility: We’d ‘lose functionality rather than gain it’ – The Register, 16 May
Most of public think that NHS ‘single patient record’ already exists – Digital Health, 15 May
Researchers pilot AI model to predict future health outcomes – Digital Health, 8 May
Concerns raised over AI trained on 57 million NHS medical records – New Scientist, 7 May
DHSC announces wider roll out of Cancer 360 dashboard – UKAuthority, 6 May
DHSC announces launch of FDP tool to improve cancer diagnosis – Digital Health, 5 May
NHSE could impose new cancer system on struggling trusts – HSJ, 4 May
Suppliers to help design Streeting’s ‘single patient record’ – HSJ, 2 May
April
Why are concerns being raised about the security of GP records? – BMJ, 28th April
The Download: The FDP is an ‘empty box’ in many areas – HSJ, 28 April
NHS analysts call for urgent ‘reset’ of FDP rollout amid warnings of premature system closures – Computing, 24 April
Why 500,000 Britons including my wife who signed up to this medical research trial MUST leave it now, writes DR MARTIN SCURR – Daily Mail, 22 April
Half a million UK GP records to become accessible to researchers from China – Independent, 16 April
China given access to half a million anonymised NHS GP records – The Times, 15 April
Half a million UK GP records to be accessed by Chinese researchers – LBC, 15 April
Revealed: Chinese researchers can access half a million UK GP records – The Guardian, 15 April
The mythbuster: Government has the wrong idea on data – HSJ, 14 April
Chelsea and Westminster pilots clinical letters tool on FDP – Digital Health, 14 April
DHSC announces creation of £600m Health Data Research Service – DigitalHealth.net, 8 April
PM announces £600m Health Data Research Service – Research Professional News, 7 April
Cash-strapped NHS trusts hand former PM Tony Blair’s tech pal Larry Ellison £1.5bn contract – Daily Mail, 6 April
Modernised NHS app could lead to better and faster care for patients – Streeting – Yahoo News, 5 April
US patient data reportedly stolen following Oracle Health breach – Digital Health 2 April
March
Taylor: Lack of capacity in centre ‘concerning’ for NHS’ digital plans – Digital Health, 27 March
NHSE abolition ‘ensures money improves service for patients’ – Digital Health, 26 March
Palantir suggests ‘common operating system’ for UK govt data – The Register, 25 March
Woman with terminal cancer ‘violated’ as Cambs hospital staff ‘shared photos of her in surgery’– Cambridgeshire Live, 24 March
NHS ‘missing opportunity to leverage AI’ says Morley – Digital Health, 24 March
Stephen Powis: ‘We must involve patients in digital transformation’ – Digital Health, 20 March
The Palantir problem – New Statesman, 19 March
Streeting’s ‘shock’ at scale of NHS struggles inspires big political gamble – The Guardian, 13 March
Keir Starmer announces plan to abolish NHS England – Digital Health, 13 March
‘We are abolishing biggest quango in the world’: Wes Streeting welcomes end of NHS England – video – The Guardian, 13 March
Keir Starmer scraps NHS England to put health service ‘into democratic control’ – The Guardian, 13 March
Data chiefs raise concerns over Federated Data Platform – Healthcare Leader, 11 March
Data chiefs raise concerns about NHS federated data platform – Digital Health, 10 March
‘Shameful’ – hospital staff may have illegally accessed medical records of Nottingham attack victims – ITV News, 7 March
Nottingham attacks: Investigation into claims NHS staff accessed victims’ medical records – Sky News, 7 March
NHS trust investigates claim staff illegally accessed Nottingham victims’ medical records – The Telegraph, 7 March
NHS wastes money on overpriced foreign tech, says ex-health secretary – Telegraph, 7 March
NHS chief data officers concerned by FDP roll-out – Computer Weekly, 6 March
NHS investigating how API flaw exposed patient data – Computer Weekly, 5 March
GPhC warns pharmacist over ‘unsolicited’ message to patient on social media – Pharmacy Magazine, 5 March
NHS chief data officers concerned by FDP roll-out – Computer Weekly, 6 March
Directors accuse NHSE of ‘imposing solutions’ on systems and trusts – HSJ, 4 March
Klarity and Munich Re enhance life insurance underwriting with third-party data and wearables– Reinsurance news, 3 March
February
The decline and fall of NHS England – HSJ, 28 February
GP appointments to be booked online to end ‘8am scrabble’ – Digital Health, 28 February
Research challenges idea that tech always frees up NHS staff time – Digital Health, 28 February
NHS data breaches hit 35,283 in last three years – Guido Fawkes, 27 Feb
Smartwatches measuring mortality are the new tool for insurers – Bloomberg, 25 February
GP record data will be used for major conditions research in platform expansion – Pulse, 21 February
Researchers could soon access GP patient data—how will it work? – BMJ, 21 Feb
‘Transformative’ investment for health data project – BBC News, 20 Feb
Single patient record data will be available to researchers by default – Digital Health, 18 February
The King’s Fund calls for NHS App to allow two-way communication – Digital Health, 18 February
Cancer diagnostic pathway service to run on FDP – DigitalHealth, 14 Feb
NHS England highlights future Federated Data Platform services – UKAuthority, 13 February
GPs raise patient confidentiality fears amid surge in private weight-loss prescriptions – GP Online, 6th February
NHSE launches ‘common front door’ into secure data environments – Digital Health, 5 February
Palantir designed to ‘power the West to its obvious innate superiority,’ says CEO – The Register, 4 February
January
No set date for the NHS to be paperless, says Amanda Pritchard – Digital Health, 29 January
Goldacre warns Labour against ‘monolithic’ national data library – Times Higher Education Supplement, 27 January
High street opticians could spot dementia risk using AI tool – Digital Health, 22 January
Public backs technology to improve NHS, says Tony Blair Institute – Digital Health, 21 January
The NHS is holding the economy back by failing to share its data – HSJ, 20 January
Government announces AI Action Plan including health data library – Digital Health, 14 January
Two accused of COVID-19 vaccine fraud under Computer Misuse Act – The Register, 10 Jan
US reports first human death from bird flu as Louisiana man dies, health officials say – LBC, 7 January
Nicola Byrne: ‘Digital formats will always have an inherent risk of attack’ – Digital Health, 2 January
Labour’s plans to sell GP data to private sector ‘make no sense’ – Morning Star, 2 January
2024
December
NHS is prioritising earnings over need – Tortoise, 20 December
NHS England’s federated data platform: one year on – NHS Confed, 11 December
AI models to be trained on Federated Data Platform – HSJ, 10 December
Talk to public about data to avoid opt outs, says report – Healthcare Leader News, 9 December
Two more Liverpool hospitals impacted by Alder Hey cyber attack – DigitalHealth, 5 December
NHS England’s federated data platform: One year on – Digital Health, 2 December.
November
NHS claims two-thirds of trusts and ICBs now using Palantir – PublicTechnology, 29 November
UK government to create surveillance system for future pandemics – Digital Health, 6 November
Concerns raised that NHS digital plans could exclude older adults – Digital Health, 5 November
October
Concerns raised over access to UK Biobank data after ‘race scientists’ claims – The Guardian, 25 October
Yet another UK government seeks to reform GDPR – The Register, 24 October
NHS staff use WhatsApp ‘constantly’ to share private patient data – FT, 24 October
Privacy fears over NHS staff using WhatsApp to share patient data – The Telegraph, 24 October
Before moving from “analogue to digital,” the NHS has to fix its privacy flaws – TechRadar, 24 October
Ministers pledge unified patient record in NHS App as part of 10-year journey from ‘analogue to digital’ – Public Technology, 22 October
Patients to get full access to record on NHS App – BBC News, 21 October
Labour’s NHS tech revolution ‘risks isolating elderly and vulnerable’ – Independent, 21 October
Starmer insists NHS must make better use of tech amid data protection concerns – Independent, 21 October
NHS data sharing will streamline services, says health minister – Independent, 21 October
NHS care can be a ‘death sentence’ for some patients – Wes Streeting – Independent, 21 October
UK Biobank refutes claim that ‘race science’ group accessed data – Digital Health 18 October
US startup charging couples to ‘screen embryos for IQ’ – The Guardian, 18 October
‘Race science’ group say they accessed sensitive UK health data – The Guardian, 17 October
Tell us: have you donated your health information to UK Biobank? – The Guardian, 17 October
Revealed: International ‘race science’ network secretly funded by US tech boss – The Guardian, 16 October
NHS England warned about plans to extend Covid-era rules for patient data access – The Register, 16 October
Single patient record bridging GP practices and hospitals to form key part of 10-year NHS plan – GP Online, 4 October
September
NHS Tayside falsely claimed it deleted Dundee HIV patient’s historic medical records – The Courier, 30 September
NHSE chief: Federated data platform will ‘not be spectacular’ – HSJ, 26 September
How OpenSAFELY provides much-needed transparency in big data medical research – Clinical Trials Arena, 24 September
More than half of acute trusts signed up to the NHS FDP – Digital Health, 23 September
NHS drops another billion on tech in the hope of finally going digital – The Register, 23 September
Concerns raised over flagship Pharmacy First scheme – Channel 4, 19 September
NHS cannot embrace AI until its basic IT systems are up to scratch – The Guardian, 15 September
Patients may be able to opt out of sharing their data with the FDP – Digital Health, 10 September
Key aspects of Palantir’s Federated Data Platform lack legal basis, lawyers tell NHS England – The Register, 5 September
Patient confidentiality breach: GP surgery sent private emails to the wrong patient – The Express, 1 September
August
NHS England excludes GPs from cheaper medicines deal due to ‘confidentiality concerns’ – Pulse, 28 August
Prior UK government planned £485M four-year budget for Palantir-based healthcare system – The Register, 21 August
The NHS selling off our data management to Palantir is an attack on us and democracy – The Canary, 20 August
Blair Institute calls for crash programme of digital health records – Digital Health, 20 August
Tony Blair’s NHS dream? Fewer GPs, more chatbots – Politico, 19 August
AI data-sharing deal ‘breaks national guidance’ – HSJ, 16 August
Privacy concerns raised over trust’s AI data-sharing deal – Digital Health, 16 August
Superintendent suspended after builders dump patient data in recycling centre – Pharmacy Magazine, 15 August
Hackers behind cyber attack ordered by judge to return stolen NHS patient data – Evening Standard, 15 August
NHSE U-turn mandates trust use of the FDP – HSJ, 1 August
July
NHS health board hackers unlikely to be convicted – police – BBC News, 31 July
NHS England says Truss must start using FDP within two years – Digital Health, 31 July
Adoption of FDP ‘progressing at pace’, says NHS England – Digital Health, 31 July
Users of NHS Federated Data Platform get support portal – UK Authority, 30 July
NHS Patient Data Privacy Under Scrutiny – MedScape, 29 July
Labour ‘won’t be squeamish about making money from NHS data’ – The Times, 26 July
NHS hack prompts tougher UK cyber security rules for private providers – FT, 21 July
Global IT outage disrupting NHS ’caused by antivirus software’ – Digital Health, 19 July
UK Plans New Cybersecurity Laws After NHS Hospital Hack – Bloomberg, 17 July
Labour government begins to dish out digital responsibilities – Computer Weekly, 16 July
Labour appointments include DWP minister for transformation and leader for NHS data platform – Public Technology, 15 July
NHS data chief was ‘guest of honour’ at Palantir lobbyist’s dinner – FT, 11 July
Row erupts over data sharing function in UK doctor software – The Register, 4 July
June
NHS confirms patient data stolen in cyber attack – BBC News, 24 June
Wes Streeting slams ‘glacial’ pace of FDP adoption – Digital Health, 19 June
NHS worker secretly read ex-colleague’s medical records – Stoke Sentinel, 16 June
Campaigners protest against Palantir at NHS Confed Expo – Digital Health, 13 June
Student’s flimsy bin bags blamed for latest NHS data breach – The Register, 13 June
Ministers urged to release details of cybersecurity audit at hacked NHS health board – FutureScot, 5 June
Were staff who tried to pry on Kate caught in a trap – MSN, 2 June
Were private hospital staff who tried to pry on Kate Middleton’s files caught in a ‘decoy’ trap sting by health chiefs? – Daily Mail, 1st June
May
Northamptonshire hospitals are first to transition to local instance of FDP
– Digital Health, 21 May
The UK public is not confident about NHS cybersecurity at all – techRadar, 14 May
UK public voice fear over security in NHS data systems – The Register, 13 May
April
Persistent sensitive information breaches failing people living with HIV – Charity Today, 30 April
Persistent sensitive information breaches failing people living with HIV – ICO, 30 April
KPMG bags £8.5M NHS gig as cheerleader for Federated Data Platform rollout – The Register, 16 April
NHS patients in Dumfries and Galloway urged to look out for cyber extortion after data breach – Public Technology, 12 April
Health workers blockade NHSE over Palantir contract – Pulse Today, 4 April
March
UK health department republishes £330M Palantir contract with fewer █████ – The Register, 25 March
Nurses cautioned on patient confidentiality amid royal data breach – Nursing Times, 21 March
NHSE misses deadline to upload less redacted version of Palantir contract – Digital Health, 20 March
Three hospital staff under investigation over Kate’s medical records – The Times, 20 March
Wes Streeting: Under Labour, technology could transform the NHS – The Times, 19 March
Health board ‘running as normal’ after cyber attack – BBC News, 19 March
NHS England removes web page hinting at plans for ‘central database’ of GP patient records – Pulse Today, 14 March
Digitise the dark age computers to digitise the NHS – The Independent, 10 March
February
Good Law Project sues NHSE over heavily redacted Palantir FDP contract – Digital Health, 20 February
NHS websites are handing out YOUR health secrets to the likes of Google and Facebook without your consent – Daily Mail, 20 February
NHS England challenged over redacted Palantir contract – Computing, 20 February
Legal campaigners challenge UK.gov decision to redact NHS-Palantir contract – The Register, 20 February
What’s so secret about data giant’s NHS deal with Palantir? – Tortoise, 19 February
Campaign group takes legal step against NHS Federated Data Platform contract – UK Authority, 16 February
Health Secretary: Federated Data Platform could include GP records – Digital Health, 14 February
What are medical passports and why are they so controversial? – Evening Standard, 8 February
GP data could be included on controversial new federated platform, says health secretary – Pulse, 6 February
Drug checking services must be confidential to succeed, say academics – The National, 1 February
January 2024
No ‘lawful basis’ for FDP, lawyer warns NHSE – HSJ, 31 January
Turn of the century UK pols say it’s time to turn NHS health data into a ‘competitive asset’ – The Stack, 29 January
NHS data platform: Questions raised over Palantir ‘influencer’ campaign – Public Technology, 9 January
NHSE to investigate Palantir for possible breach of FDP contract – Digital Health, 8 January
NHSE publishes heavily redacted Palantir FDP contract – Digital Health, 8 January
Expert sounds alarm bells over upcoming NHS data platform – The Register, 5th Jan
NHS Probes Whether Palantir Influencer Campaign Breached Contract Terms – Bloomberg, 5th January
NHS England under fire for Palantir contract transparency – Computing, 3 January
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