More than 150,000 people have had their personal information handled by England’s Test and Trace scheme since it was hurriedly launched on May 28 – 36 days ago. However, the government has failed to ...

The UK should leverage its new Health Data Research Service for the “benefit of the Treasury coffers”, health minister Zubir Ahmed said.

The NHS should provide a trusted repository for patients’ personal data – but, sadly, this is not always the case. The past few years have seen numerous examples of NHS organisations losing data, ...

To get a doctor’s appointment in the U.K. these days, you have to entrust more of your data to private companies — and there’s not a great deal you can do about it. In part due to growing pressure ...

The NHS Federated Data Platform has been rolled out to more than 100 NHS organisations in its first year, according to NHS England. The platform, which has created controversy since its inception, ...

Shortcomings in patient data privacy have been found by the ICO on a case involving the Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust’s use of Google DeepMind. In a statement, the ICO said that the Royal Free NHS ...

Back in 2015, DeepMind, a Google company, signed a deal with the Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust. The deal allowed DeepMind access to 1.6 million patients health information as well as the ability to ...

The government earned glowing headlines this week for its pledge to create a £250 million National Artificial Intelligence Lab for healthcare, but details on how the eye-popping sum will be spent ...

The U.K.’s data protection watchdog has finally shared the results of its lengthy investigation into DeepMind’s original deal with the NHS. According to the Information Commissioner’s Office, the ...