Boots, Tesco and Superdrug to get access to NHS medical records

‘High street pharmacies such as Boots, Tesco and Superdrug will be given access to NHS medical records, under a national scheme which privacy campaigners fear could expose patients to “hard sell” tactics.

Health officials have drawn up plans to send sensitive data from GP surgeries to pharmacies across the country, starting this autumn, without considering the views of patients.

NHS England says the scheme will ease pressures on family doctors, and improve the care given to patients in the High Street.

But campaigners fear major commercial chains will be able to exploit the valuable data, and use it to push the sales of their products.’

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