NHS Digital: Primary Care Medical Records
Debate between Baroness Cumberlege and Lord Ashton of Hyde
Tuesday 8th June 2021
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Baroness Cumberlege (Con) [V]
My Lords, I am very grateful for the Minister’s reply, especially hearing that this is all to be put back until 1 September. That is a very good decision, because we have heard that patients have not been able to get their GP to accept the information on the form for them to opt out of the proposed system. The system is not working at the moment, and we are very concerned. There was a thought that the system would be anonymised, but that is not what is proposed. It is pseudo-anonymisation, with NHS Digital having the capacity to identify individuals. There is no capacity for people to unanonymise. It needs a really thorough rethink. I very much congratulate—
Lord Ashton of Hyde (Con)
Could I ask the noble Baroness to ask her question?