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Views from Sean Key on NHS digital services, patient data and access to records, from 27 years of working on them. These are personal opinions, dated when written, and kept apart from the practical guides.
What is OpenAI's HealthBench, and why should you care?
HealthBench tests AI chatbots on realistic health conversations, not exam questions. What it measures, what it doesn't, and why it matters to families.
Opinion, 2025Read the commentWhere do England's ICBs stand on the Federated Data Platform?
The Federated Data Platform only works if local NHS boards use it. A look at how they responded, and the pull between local and national data.
Opinion, 2025Read the commentShared decision making - why NICE's guideline matters to patients
NICE's 2021 guideline says patients should share decisions about their care, and that clinic letters should be written to them. Why I think that matters.
Opinion, 2021Read the commentWhy is delaying patients' access to their own records a breach of medical ethics?
In 2021 a BMJ webinar series asked why patients still couldn't read their own records. My view on the ethics, the real barriers, and what has changed.
Opinion, 2021Read the commentGP data for planning and research - the limits of pseudonymisation
In 2021 the NHS planned to collect GP records using pseudonymised data. Why I think pseudonymisation helps but is not the whole answer.
Opinion, 2021Read the comment