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Medical and patient groups are among those to have raised concerns about the way the changes are being implemented.

Dozens of GP practices could refuse to share patient data with NHS Digital as a major new data extraction programme begins from July.

Lincolnshire councillors hit out at NHS data sharing plans NHS Digital denied selling data to commercial companies Lincolnshire County Council’s Independent Group has criticised national plans to centralise data from GP practices. NHS Digital announced a new General Practice Data for Planning And Research (GPDPR) service in May, which will allow pseudonymised patient data to be accessed faster and more efficiently by planners and researchers. The Independent Group at LCC, however, fear patients have not been made aware of the plans, and that the data could be shared with, or sold on to, t...

MOD confirms plans to sell RAF Scampton by end of 2022 Reds will still train above Lincolnshire RAF Scampton. | Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite The Ministry of Defence has confirmed plans to start marketing RAF Scampton for sale by the end of December 2022. In a letter to Gainsborough MP Sir Edward Leigh, published by the Save Scampton group, Minister of State for Defence Procurement Jeremy Quin said his office had been working with West Lindsey District Council to deliver a future for the site that “provides the greatest benefit for the local community”. He also confirmed that an...

Senior GPs have called on colleagues to refuse to hand over patients’ personal data to NHS Digital, in a move they hope will buy time to raise awareness of plans to place all medical records in England on a central database. All 36 doctors’ surgeries in Tower Hamlets, east London, have already agreed to withhold the data when collection begins on 1 July, the Guardian understands. An email has been circulated to about 100 practices across...