NHS England launches £2m patient engagement campaign over use of GP records

Move comes ahead of expected announcement of Federated Data Platform contract award

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Officials delay contract award for NHS England health data platform until mid-October, report
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Officials delay contract award for NHS England health data platform until mid-October, report

NHS England has initiated a £2 million campaign aimed at actively involving patients in discussions about how their data will be utilised, including its use within the £480 million (Federated Data Platform) FDP project.

The FDP will link disparate systems within NHS England and provide a way for clinical, administrative and reference data for the purpose of analytics. The NHS's move comes after National Data Gu...

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