[kevinbowman]

Although the FT is paywalled, from a web search the same topic is covered at https://digitpatrox.com/englands-nhs-plans-to-share-patient-... (I have no idea how reputable that site is though). Quoting the start of it: “”” England’s NHS is making ready to scrape the medical histories of 55m sufferers, together with delicate info relating to psychological and sexual well being, prison information and the abuse of adults and youngsters, right into a database it is going to share with third events. The info assortment venture, which is the primary of its form, has triggered an uproar amongst privateness campaigners, who say it’s “legally problematic”, particularly as sufferers solely have a couple of weeks to decide out of the plan. NHS Digital, which runs the well being service’s IT techniques, confirmed the plan to pool collectively medical information from each affected person in England who’s registered with a GP clinic right into a single lake that can be obtainable to educational and business third events for analysis and planning functions. “””

This link is also relevant for people registered with the NHS: https://www.nhs.uk/your-nhs-data-matters/manage-your-choice/

[CTOSian]

Its since sometime ago that GPs advertise and use non-NHS online services to force their patients to order their repeated prescriptions or book appointments, they get their f commission and share the data, screw them all.