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Lord’s amendment gives protection to migrants

Besi Besemar May 9, 2018

Government agrees to implement Dr Sarah Wollaston’s amendment to Data Protection Bill. In todays Lords debate on the Data Protection Bill, the Government accepted the principle of an amendment tabled by Dr Sarah Wollaston MP, Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee which will restrict the occasions when NHS Digital can share data relating to criminal investigations to serious offences only. 

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Health Committee calls for a stop to immigration tracing

Besi Besemar January 31, 2018

NAT (National AIDS Trust) welcomes Health Committee’s call for NHS Digital to suspend immigration tracing and respect patient confidentiality. The Chair of the Health Committee, Dr Sarah Wollaston MP, has written today to the Chief Executive of NHS Digital calling for a suspension to the practice of providing addresses of migrants to the immigration authorities.

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