Alison Macfarlane

Alison Macfarlane is a perinatal epidemiologist and statistician at City University London. She specialises in the interpretation and policy use of official statistics, in health and particularly maternity care. She is a member of Radical Statistics and has contributed to many of its publications.

Opting out of care.data is not the answer

Mistrust of care.data is not surprising, given the corporate interests involved - but simply opting out will make it even harder to monitor the impact of privatisation on Britain's health.

By Allyson Pollock and Alison Macfarlane

/ 31 Jan 2014