The medical directors of NHS trusts running Federated Data Platform pilots have been asked to sign an open letter of support to patients and the public for the FDP initiative just ahead of the…
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As NHS England prepares to announce the winner of the £480 million contract to deliver the new Federated Data Platform (FDP), legal groups and data privacy activists are focusing on the national data opt-out and…
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The NHS is poised to ask members of the public to help shape how the health service uses their health data in an effort to improve patient care.From the new year and until March…
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NHS England’s chief data and analytics officer Ming Tang has said that the NHS needs to bring the public along with it when it comes to NHS data, an audience at HETT 2023 heard.Speaking…
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We must see the positives and not make the Federated Data Platform (FDP) something that it is not, Dr Vin Diwakar told an audience in his opening keynote speech at HETT 2023.The interim director…
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Former head of NHS digital policy Matthew Gould has been appointed to the advisory board of leading UK data technology company Quantexa, one of the remaining bidders for the NHS’ £480m federated data platform.Gould,…
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Sticking with a hugely expensive plan to develop a ‘mythical beast’ of a fighter plane in the 1960s did not end well for the government of the day. The Federated Data Platform may be…
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NHS England’s proposed Federated Data Platform (FDP) was the subject of a lively Digital Networks Webinar debate on September 8, with opponents of the project convincing enough that they flipped initial 69-39% audience support…
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National Data Guardian for Health and Social Care Nicola Byrne has warned NHS England that it must ensure that it is fully transparent with the public about the aims and due diligence involved in…
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Non-profit legal advocacy organisation Foxglove has launched a campaign against the proposed Federated Data Platform (FDP) and Palantir, the frontrunner for the £480 million contract, following a a report that it has sent to…
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