Category: Health policy

Badenoch tells inquiry of fake claims on WhatsApp during Covid pandemic

Tory leader says comments from ‘likely reputable’ sources such as the BMA were used to support misinformationFamily WhatsApp groups were a greater concern for spreading fake news during the pandemic than social media...

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What does AI plan mean for NHS patient data and is there cause for concern?

Key questions answered around potential use of health data to train AI models under Labour’s proposalsUK ministers have committed to creating a National Data Library for building artificial intelligence models, as part of...

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Ministers mull allowing private firms to make profit from NHS data in AI push

Anonymised data could help develop treatments, drugs and diagnostic tools but potential misuse worries expertsMinisters are considering allowing private companies to make profits from NHS data as part of a push to revolutionise...

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Government would be ‘foolish’ to ignore palliative care warnings over assisted dying

Committee chair Layla Moran says doctors’ concerns about potential impact on vulnerable patients must be heededIt would be “foolish” for the government not to heed warnings from doctors about palliative care as...

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