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Beyond trust: collective understanding of the common good and patient data

March 19, 2021 Jane Rigney 0

This post was written by Dr Jessica Barnes, psychologist/behavioural scientist and qualitative researcher in the Cancer Behavioural Science Group at King’s College London. She is […]

Medical research and the double-edged sword of data protection

March 5, 2021 Jamie Doorbar 1

Just over two years ago, on the 25th of May 2018, the UK government implemented the Data Protection Act across the country. This was the latest […]

Medical research and the common law of confidentiality

February 19, 2021 Jane Rigney 0

In this series, members of our group, the wider research field & individuals from public interest groups will debate the use of patient data in […]

Does the quality and type of screening test matter when determining safe intervals between cervical screening tests?

December 20, 2018 Peter Sasieni 2

The question of “how often should women go for cervical screening?” has long been controversial. In the past, many countries recommended screening annually whereas in […]

Data protection versus health protection

May 30, 2018 Peter Sasieni 1

On 25th of May 2018 the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went live. GDPR is designed to protect EU citizens from organisations using their data […]

To tell or not to tell – what should we do?

May 29, 2018 Peter Sasieni 1

The clinical director of the Irish national cervical screening programme Ireland, Dr Grainne Flannelly, resigned at the end of April. It was revealed that she […]

Is it safe to export cancer screening?

May 23, 2018 Peter Sasieni 1

A woman in the Republic of Ireland, Vicky Phelan, recently settled with a laboratory in America receiving $2.5million compensation for them missing abnormalities on her […]

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