Emma Bower

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Talking General Practice · BMA to ballot on ‘plan B’ for GP contracts, NHS workforce plan, single patient record fears · 29 May 2026 podcast

And I think there will be some flashpoints as the bill moves through the Commons and the Lords about some of these things and whether the bill adequately addresses those concerns. voice-verified

One example is that some of the current statutory guidance on data that NHS England is subject to, which includes principles of security and transparency and requiring NHS England to minimize conflict of interest, some of those sorts of things, those requirements don't pass over. voice-verified

to the Secretary of State, they're just basically gone. voice-verified

Do I think there's definitely questions from MPs and peers there will be about that. voice-verified

And I think the public might also become more concerned about some of these issues. voice-verified

You know, it's one thing, you know, having an arm's length body like NHS England or the NHS being responsible for a single patient record, perhaps quite another voice-verified

You know, for the government itself to be responsible for it. voice-verified

And some people, you know, they might feel a bit less confident or a bit more uncomfortable. voice-verified

With sharing their data when they realize that that's what the bill is effectively doing. voice-verified

It's giving the government control of this. voice-verified

And I think it's important to mention, the other thing it's important to mention about this is this is all just primary legislation setting out the overarching legal framework for this to happen. voice-verified

How it will actually work in practice would need to be set out in further regulations, including how fines would work, how much you could be fined if you didn't share data. voice-verified

how providers would be compelled to share data, all of that stuff, you know, it still needs to be worked out in detail. voice-verified

So there's a lot of missing information. voice-verified

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Yeah, well that's one of those things that's very unclear really as part of this primary legislation. voice-verified

GPs, as you say, currently liable for keeping the data in the GP patient records safe and secure. voice-verified

and responsible for any breaches of that data and they can face like really, really hefty fines if there are data breaches. voice-verified

So what happens to that liability when it comes to the information that they pass on to the shared patient record, it's it's really not clear. voice-verified

And that's gonna have to be addressed. voice-verified

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