By Sophie Borland Plans to harvest private data from patients’ NHS files are causing a ‘crisis of public confidence’, the Royal College of GPs said yesterday. The professional body said it was ‘very worried’ that the public had not been properly informed about the scheme, which is due to begin this spring. Information about past illnesses, medication, weight and blood pressure will be taken from medical files and put into a database unless patients opt out. The Royal College of GPs has warned the NHS that they face a backlash for lack of information about their data sharing plans
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NHS warned that data sharing could cause 'crisis of public confidence'
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Professional body, Royal College of GPs 'very worried'
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Information about patients could be shared with private companies
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