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NHS England patient data 'uploaded to Google servers', Tory MP Dr. Sarah Wollaston says

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PLUS the government also wants everyone in the NHS should have their DNA sequenced and stored linked to electronic medical records in the NHS, building a DNA database of the entire population. genewatch.org/sub-569340

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The tories would sell their own mothers for money!!

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Google servers????? This just gets worse by the day lol

Nobody in their right mind would ever use google servers and expect them to be secure. Google already keeps a log of every search youve ever made, and we all know gmail has never been hacked, they may as well just do away with patient confidentiality altogether, and make everyones medical records available to all....

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