Many doctors have no confidence in the Government’s ability to safeguard patient data online, according to a poll conducted by the British Medical Association (BMA). More than 90% of respondents to the survey said they were not confident patient data on the proposed NHS centralised database would be secure.
Lack of confidence in patient data security
Nine out of ten of the 219 doctors who responded to the Doctors Decide poll said they did not feel they were in a position to assure patients that their data would be safe. More than eight out of ten (81%) said they would not want their surgery data stored on the national NHS “spine”.
