As the NHS in England is set to launch a competition for a far-reaching patient data platform, a public consultation has said decisions about health data sharing should not be taken by politicians. A report by England’s National Data Guardian (NDG), an independent watchdog for health data appointed by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, found that in citizen juries consulted on health data, “very few jurors wanted decisions about the future of these initiatives to be taken by the minister or organization accountable for them.

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