Patient data

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Preet Kaur Gill, health innovation and safety minister
18 June 2026

Health minister apologises for NHSE error on FDP data access

Health minister Preet Kaur Gill has apologised for NHSE’s handling of information provided to the NDG on FDP patient data
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Dr Nicola Byrne
5 June 2026

Data guardian seeks clarification on Palantir patient data access

The National Data Guardian has asked NHSE to explain how Palantir staff gained access to patient data in the FDP,
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Luton and Dunstable Hospital
3 June 2026

Almost 33,000 Bedfordshire patients had data stolen in cyber attack

Almost 33,000 Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust patients had personal data stolen in the cyber attack on Synnovis in June
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Wes Streeting
12 May 2026

GPs and hospitals to share patient data for single patient record

NHS hospitals and GP practices will be required to share patient data under new government legislation to create a single
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11 May 2026

Palantir to be granted ‘unlimited access’ to NHS patient data

The NHS is granting staff from companies including Palantir ‘unlimited access’ to identifiable patient data while working on its FDP.
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16 March 2026

Child rapist could have profiled victims through NHS data access

A former NHS analyst and convicted child rapist could have used unaudited database queries to profile his victims.
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Professor Sir Rory Collins, principal investigator and chief executive at UK Biobank
17 February 2026

UK Biobank to get access to GP patient data for research

The government will grant approval for UK Biobank researchers to access coded GP patient data for research purposes.
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Mohammad Al-Ubaydli, chief executive of Patients Know Best
4 August 2025

Citizen ownership is the only path to a single patient record

The success of the 10 year health plan's single patient record depends on patient power, writes Dr Mohammad Al-Ubaydli
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2 June 2025

Barts Health deploys imaging de-identification tool

Barts Health NHS Trust has implemented Sectra’s Anonymise and Export functionality, which de-identifies medical images for research purposes.
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2 April 2025

US patient data reportedly stolen following Oracle Health breach

An alleged data breach at Oracle Health has impacted multiple healthcare organisations and hospitals in the US.
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