Rejected petition Prevent the transfer of NHS Records to private Life Science companies

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Prevent that wholesale transfer of health records to the private Life Science companies, regardless of any anonymity promises.

The records should only be transferred with explicit and fully informed knowledge of the patient.

Any scheme should be set up so that patients are NOT automatically opted-in.

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Date submitted 5 December 2011
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