The UK government‘s Health and Social Care Information Centre quietly announced plans to share all patient records held by the National Health Service with private companies, from insurers to pharmaceutical companies. The information sharing is on an opt-out basis, so if you don‘t want your „clinical records, mental health consultations, drug addiction rehabilitation details, dsexual health clinic attendance and abortion procedures“ shared, along with your „GP records, HS numbers, post-codes, gender, date of birth,“ you need to contact your doctor and opt out of the process.