DWP plans to obtain people’s medical data will deter benefit claimants accessing healthcare, doctors warn Doctors have warned that benefit claimants could be deterred from accessing healthcare after it emerged that the government is to start accessing medical records as part of the welfare assessment process.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is in the process of creating a system to more quickly access people’s health data to help them to determine how much welfare support they are entitled to, including automating “routine” requests for medical information.
GPs and charities said the plans resemble the controversial data-sharing scheme between the Home Office and the NHS, which prompted outrage after it emergedsome immigrants were subsequently afraid to access healthcare, ultimately forcing the government to end the policy. The Independent
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is in the process of creating a system to more quickly access people’s health data to help them to determine how much welfare support they are entitled to, including automating “routine” requests for medical information.
GPs and charities said the plans resemble the controversial data-sharing scheme between the Home Office and the NHS, which prompted outrage after it emergedsome immigrants were subsequently afraid to access healthcare, ultimately forcing the government to end the policy. The Independent
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