🚨The Government just made a law - without parliament or even publicity - allowing police to access NHS Test & Trace data of people who are self-isolating.
This is a disastrous move that's draconian, undemocratic and misguided in equal measure.
legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/97/r…
This is a disastrous move that's draconian, undemocratic and misguided in equal measure.
legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/97/r…
Medical privacy is the bedrock of any public health system, yet this Government is trashing it at a time when it has never been more important.
Blurring the lines between the NHS and police will deter people from getting tests or giving contact tracers accurate information.
Blurring the lines between the NHS and police will deter people from getting tests or giving contact tracers accurate information.
To throw open this data gateway without consulting parliament or the even telling the public - on the premise of 'urgency' - is yet another example of this Government's pattern of abuse of power.
It is dangerous for public health & dangerous for democracy. MPs must challenge it.
It is dangerous for public health & dangerous for democracy. MPs must challenge it.
This does not affect the NHS Covid 19 App, which stores almost all data locally on your phone. It affects people contacted by NHS Test and Trace.
But you shouldn't be hearing that from us. You should be hearing it from Ministers who have done this behind closed doors.
But you shouldn't be hearing that from us. You should be hearing it from Ministers who have done this behind closed doors.
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