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# NHS campaign guide - Privacy and medical information
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/nhs-campaign-guide-privacy-and-medical-information/
- Published: 2013-12-10T12:12:28.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-23T00:12:47.000Z
- Description: ‘Big Data’ is big news (and big money) in the NHS with campaigners asking ‘whose data’ and ‘transparent to whom’? One of OurNHS's key NHS campaigns.
- Author: OurNHS
- Tags: Technology and privacy, #Migrated, Big data, Resources , #en, #Import 2026-04-09 16:46, #appended-excerpt

Read OurNHS stories about medical data and privacy [here](https://www.opendemocracy.net/freeform-tags/technology-and-privacy) and openDemocracy stories on broader issues of technology and privacy [here](https://www.opendemocracy.net/freeform-tags/snooping-on-innocent), or see links on the right.

The Health & Social Care Information Centre’s website is [here](http://www.hscic.gov.uk/?ref=opendemocracy.net).

Medconfidential, campaigning for better confidentiality of medical records, is [here](http://medconfidential.org/?ref=opendemocracy.net).

Dr Neil Bhatia has compiled a brief overview of his concerns [here](http://brief.care-data.info/?ref=opendemocracy.net), a more detailed outline of his concerns [here ](http://www.care-data.info/?ref=opendemocracy.net)and [here](http://www.htmc.co.uk/pages/pv.asp?p=htmc0532&ref=opendemocracy.net) and an opt out form which you can download and hand into your surgery, [here](http://optout.care-data.info/?ref=opendemocracy.net).

A Labour MP has tabled an Early Day Motion which MPs can sign, calling for the care.data upload to be halted, [here](http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2013-14/979?ref=opendemocracy.net).

Pulse (the GP magazine) regularly runs stories on care.data [here ](http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/searchresults?qsearch=1&qkeyword=care.data&ref=opendemocracy.net)(registration neccessary).

Find other campaigning tips on our 'Resources - Campaign tools' page [here](https://www.opendemocracy.net/ournhs/ournhs/resources-practical-tools-for-nhs-campaigners).

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‘Big Data’ is big news (and big money) in the NHS with campaigners asking ‘whose data’ and ‘transparent to whom’? One of OurNHS's [key NHS campaigns](https://www.opendemocracy.net/ournhs/ournhs/key-nhs-campaigns).