end of this Parliament, the Cabinet Office will have its own databases on people with disabilities, ethnic minorities, security vetting and – if the Cabinet Office decides to change data-sharing rules – it could have access to NHS patients data and the electoral register
https://bylinetimes.com/2020/07/28/goves-data-control-coup-emerges-from-the-shadows/
According Guardian, Faculty – which had a pre-existing contract with other companies to help build a £250m artificial intelligence lab for NHSX subsidiary – took on a leading role in the data response to the pandemic. It is run by Marc Warner
Gove's Data Control Coup Emerges from the Shadows – Byline Times

David Hencke explores the implications of one of the most extraordinary Government power grabs he has seen as a political reporter

https://bylinetimes.com/2020/07/28/goves-data-control-coup-emerges-from-the-shadows/
app disaster, Gov insisted on centralising all patient info rather than leaving it on people’s phones.

£10m+ spent. Work appears ongoing on centralisation of X-rays collected from COVID-19 patients. Long-term project all NHS patients’ details on cloud-based national database
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