Building back better: How can cancer screening & prevention level up?
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the current government has committed to ‘building back better’ and ‘levelling up’ communities across the UK. These slogans […]
health protection
Building informed consent – the importance of trust and transparency in safe health data sharing practices
This post was written by 67Health in partnership with Data Saves Lives. 67Health is a healthcare communications agency. Data Saves Lives is a multi-stakeholder initiative with the aim of […]
Health data will pave the route to patient empowerment – so long as it is conducted and managed in an ethical way
This post was written by 67Health in partnership with Data Saves Lives. 67Health is a healthcare communications agency. Data Saves Lives is a multi-stakeholder initiative with […]
Beyond trust: collective understanding of the common good and patient data
This post was written by Dr Jessica Barnes, psychologist/behavioural scientist and qualitative researcher in the Cancer Behavioural Science Group at King’s College London. She is […]
Medical research and the double-edged sword of data protection
Just over two years ago, on the 25th of May 2018, the UK government implemented the Data Protection Act across the country. This was the latest […]
Medical research and the common law of confidentiality
In this series, members of our group, the wider research field & individuals from public interest groups will debate the use of patient data in […]
Data protection versus health protection
On 25th of May 2018 the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went live. GDPR is designed to protect EU citizens from organisations using their data […]