150,000 medical records shared against patients’ wishes in data system glitch

Tens of thousands of NHS patients have had their confidential health records shared for years against their wishes, ministers have admitted.Health minister Jackie Doyle-Price revealed that NHS Digital, the national safe haven for patient data, failed to honour the wishes of 150,000 patients.Under NHS data rules, patients can consent for their data to only be shared with the organisations Digital, as long as it is not shared further in an identifiable form for purposes beyond their direct care. But in...