Half a million UK GP records to be accessed by Chinese researchers: Guardian

China given access to NHS medical records as fears grow over health data being misused by Beijing

Researchers in China will be given access to NHS medical records from 500,000 patients, with fears growing that the data could be misused.UK Biobank, a research hub, is currently preparing anonymised records to be transferred to Beijing.The facility makes its information available to universities, scientific institutes and private companies. Volunteers have agreed for data from their GP records to be added to the central database - one of the wo…

UK Biobank responds to fears over Chinese access to NHS data

Access to de-identified NHS patient data by researchers based in China is not a security concern, according to UK Biobank.

Half a million UK GP records to become accessible to researchers from China

Intelligence agencies have raised fears about the authoritarian country gathering health data

China to access NHS medical records of 500,000 patients despite MI5 fears - The Mirror

The NHS records of half a million British patients have been uploaded to the UK Biobank - and new figures show that one in five researchers granted access are from China

Half a million UK GP records to be accessed by Chinese researchers

Half a million UK GP records are to be granted access to by Chinese researchers sparking concern from western intelligence agencies.

China given access to UK patients’ health data

Researchers will be granted access to NHS data despite security services’ fears over the regime acquiring sensitive information