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The best way to protect NHS patients’ data | Letter

A genuinely competitive market would prevent any single company’s decisions from putting the system at risk, says Prof Erika Denton Your article on the TPG/Optum UK deal, over the patient record system used by most GP practices in…

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A genuinely competitive market would prevent any single company’s decisions from putting the system at risk, says Prof Erika Denton Your article on the TPG/Optum UK deal, over the patient record system used by most GP practices in England, highlights a specific issue that is symptomatic of a much bigger problem ( Alarm at NHS patient records being put under

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