NHS to seek public’s opinion on health data usage
The NHS is poised to ask members of the public to help shape how the health service uses their health data in an effort to improve patient care.From the new year and until March…
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We need to bring the public with us on NHS data says Ming Tang
NHS England’s chief data and analytics officer Ming Tang has said that the NHS needs to bring the public along with it when it comes to NHS data, an audience at HETT 2023 heard.Speaking…
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Let’s not make the FDP something that it’s not says Vin Diwakar
We must see the positives and not make the Federated Data Platform (FDP) something that it is not, Dr Vin Diwakar told an audience in his opening keynote speech at HETT 2023.The interim director…
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Matthew Gould joins £480m FDP contract hopefuls Quantexa
Former head of NHS digital policy Matthew Gould has been appointed to the advisory board of leading UK data technology company Quantexa, one of the remaining bidders for the NHS’ £480m federated data platform.Gould,…
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Is the Federated Data Platform too expensive to cancel?
Sticking with a hugely expensive plan to develop a ‘mythical beast’ of a fighter plane in the 1960s did not end well for the government of the day. The Federated Data Platform may be…
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Digital Health Networks webinar debates Federated Data Platform
NHS England’s proposed Federated Data Platform (FDP) was the subject of a lively Digital Networks Webinar debate on September 8, with opponents of the project convincing enough that they flipped initial 69-39% audience support…
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National Data Guardian weighs in on FDP as NHSE prepares tender award
National Data Guardian for Health and Social Care Nicola Byrne has warned NHS England that it must ensure that it is fully transparent with the public about the aims and due diligence involved in…
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Foxglove launches campaign against FDP but Palantir hits back
Non-profit legal advocacy organisation Foxglove has launched a campaign against the proposed Federated Data Platform (FDP) and Palantir, the frontrunner for the £480 million contract, following a a report that it has sent to…
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Accenture delivering New Zealand’s national health data platform
The development of a single national platform for accessing health data in New Zealand is now underway as the contract to implement the project has been awarded to Accenture. In a statement, Te Whatu Ora – Health…
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NHS England launches tender for new privacy enhancing technology
NHS England has advertised a procurement contract worth up to £35 million to create a new NHS privacy enhancing technology (NHS-PET), as part of its planned Federated Data Platform (FDP) programme. The announcement said NHS-PET…
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