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NHS border guard scheme may go to judicial review
by Felicity Collier
A CHARITY is seeking a judicial review of a secret data-sharing deal between the government and the NHS to assist immigration enforcement.
NHS Digital and the Department of Health signed a “memorandum of understanding” in January to give the Home Office access to patients’ personal information in cases where it believes someone is in Britain without permission.
The Migrants’ Rights Network (MRN) says this violates patients’ privacy and puts all migrants at risk.
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