The UK is squandering the vast resource of NHS patient data because too many obstacles are being placed in front of researchers trying to tap into it – holding back medical advances.
UK Health Secretary Wes Streeting has announced plans to allow NHS England to share primary care data with scientific researchers, taking on some of the responsibility held by GPs.
A think tank set up by former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has called for the formation of a public-private trust that could oversee the sharing of anonymised patient data
Two former political rivals in the UK have joined forces to write a strategy to keep the country at the forefront of the biotech and artificial intelligence sectors – and