“The Department of Health is to launch a series of pilots to examine how patients can opt out of having their records viewed for research purposes after its consultation found a wide gap between the views of researchers and the public.
This week the DH published the results of its consultation on wider use of patient information which ran last year to look at who should have access to data, what purposes it should be used for apart from direct patient care, who should control access and what consent options there should be for patients.”
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e-Health Insider, 2 December 2009
