NHS Digital and PHIN launch consultation

NHS Digital and the Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) have launched a consultation as part of the next phase of a programme to align private healthcare data with NHS recorded activity. Hosted on the NHS Digital Consultation Hub, the consultation follows the Paterson Inquiry report, which was released earlier this month and welcomed by Health Secretary Matt Hancock. The Inquiry, which reviewed medical malpractice following the conviction of surgeon Ian Paterson, called for a single, national repository of consultant whole-practice activity. Hancock said: "Regardless of w...