Listen up, England. The Health Secretary is going to be data controller for everyone's Single Patient Record

England's Health Secretary will become the data controller for every citizen's Single Patient Record, a centralized digital health database accessible to over one million NHS workers. The system's security was questioned by James Murray during a parliamentary grilling. The move centralizes control of patient data under a single government official.

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