[nomadking]

Originally Posted by Mr K

https://www.theguardian.com/society/...y_to_clipboard

The shape of things to come....

The material, which excludes patient data, could allow the multinational technology company to make, advertise and sell its own products.

In July the health secretary, Matt Hancock, said a partnership with the NHS that allowed Amazon Alexa devices to offer expert health advice to users would reduce pressure on “our hard-working GPs and pharmacists”.
But responses to freedom of information requests, published by the Sunday Times, showed the contract will also allow the company access to information on symptoms, causes and definitions of conditions, and “all related copyrightable content and data and other materials”.

Just sounds like an uncontroversial structured database of medical conditions.

Third parties, such as local authorities, can reuse information from the NHS website, but standard agreements only permit this to be used in the UK. The contract with Amazon states that the licence applies around the world.

What's the problem? Just provides another platform for getting medical advice.


NHS website Health conditions