NHS and GPs hold back science
Camilla CavendishFinancial Times
In our competitive world, the UK must defend its leadership in life sciences, says Camilla Cavendish. Unfortunately, the shine is “starting to come off”. There are various problems, but a major issue is the NHS’s refusal to hand over GP records to the UK Biobank, the world’s most advanced genetic database. From 2006-2010, 500,000 recruits agreed to make their data available to researchers, yet Biobank remains unable to access the full medical history
