Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeMinisters have caved under pressure over a ‘grab’ of NHS patient data - pushing back the programme by two months. NHS Digital insists the data will be anonymous as the collected data is coded to protect patient identities. Patients had until June 23 to opt out of the scheme - but NHS Digital confirmed to the Mirror that this date had also been scrapped. And patient data is, of course, owned by the patient. And this week Labour wrote to NHS Digital to demand a delay until issues around privacy have been addressed.

Source: Daily Mirror June 08, 2021 12:24 UTC