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Doctors urged to adopt default opt-out approach to care.data scheme

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Re: Re:They can make money out of it..

NHS Information Centre - the predecessor to the Health and Social Care Information Centre, which is responsible for overseeing the care.data scheme have already released and have contracts to release data from the existing Data which has been collected from hospital visits etc

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/17/nhs_blamed_for_major_data_blunders_with_sale_of_patient_info_to_private_outfits/

It has been said that the amount they can charge may not cover the cost of actually compiling and storing all this data so the companies will be getting this data below cost and we will end up paying for it in our taxes,

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