SALE OF PATIENT RECORDS

That this House condemns plans to sell patient information from the NHS database; points out that the previous attempt to put all records on line failed lamentably; believes that the plan to create a central data bank is designed purely as a resource to sell to researchers and will have no direct contribution to patient care; is deeply concerned that under this proposal researchers can have access to personal identities under certain conditions; demands that if the Government proceeds with this flawed sell-off then patients will have to opt-in rather than opt-out; and concludes yet again that this is yet another example of the betrayal by the Government of NHS values and standards.