20250610 - Doctors against data abuse: BMA and RCGP protest NHS AI data handover

‘new, contentious, and potentially with wide repercussions’

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Sources:

RCGP raises concerns over Foresight AI through Joint GP IT Committee https://www.rcgp.org.uk/news/foresight-ai-concern

Doctors to refer NHS to data watchdog over feeding patient data to AI https://www.politico.eu/article/doctors-nhs-data-watchdog-patient-data-ai-uk-england-covid-pandemic-labour/

AI model trained on de-identified data from 57 million people https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/may/ai-model-trained-de-identified-data-57-million-people

Public attitudes about patient data for planning and population health https://understandingpatientdata.org.uk/public-attitudes-patient-data-planning-and-population-health

Patient privacy fears as US spy tech firm Palantir wins £330m NHS contract https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/nov/21/patient-privacy-fears-us-spy-tech-firm-palantir-wins-nhs-contract

Concerns raised over AI trained on 57 million NHS medical records https://www.newscientist.com/article/2479302-concerns-raised-over-ai-trained-on-57-million-nhs-medical-records/

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