(via Concerns raised over broad scope of DeepMind-NHS health data-sharing deal | TechCrunch)
Consent from patients who use the Royal Free NHS Trust to have their data shared with the Google-owned company has been implied via the NHS’ Caldicott Information Governance Review regime — meaning NHS trusts do not need to explicitly seek consent to share data (although patients can opt-out of any information sharing agreements with non-NHS organisations by contacting the trust’s data protection officer. And assuming they know about the existence of the data-sharing agreement in the first place).
Criticism of the agreement has focused on why DeepMind needs access to so much patient data, given their app is apparently targeted on one specific medical condition