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European health organisations have welcomed a draft decision allowing transfers of personal data to continue to flow freely between the EU and the UK.
In a joint letter, a group of health organisations said recognition of the adequacy of the UK data protection regime is “vital for the functioning of the European health sector”.
They urge the European Data Protection Board and member states to support the draft adequacy decision, so that it can be formal adopted.
The letter has been signed by the NHS Confederation, European Patients Forum (EPF), Cancer Research, the British Medical Association (BMA), European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EOTRC), Federation of European Dental Competent Authorities and Regulators (FEDCAR), Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME), European Brain Council, the European Confederation of Pharmaceutical Entrepreneurs (EUCOPE), European Society for Paediatric Oncology (SIOPE), Europabio, Nanotechia, Association of t