Medical research has to progress and most medical research is sponsored by
drug companies. Allowing this to happen is not straight forward but it can
be accomplished within the Act. Apart from satisfying the Act, the
researcher would have to get medical ethics approval, from a local or multi
regional ethics committee. Are you coming from the patient or researchers
perspective? Whichever, if you withdraw consent for your data to be used it
could not be used in the scenario below as it would not satisfy the
conditions for research under (s33), therefore they would need consent.
If you want to discuss how sponsored research is progressed, e-mail me and
I'll send my phone no.
Nic Drew
DPO
Cardiff & Vale NHS Trust
-----Original Message-----
From: Morton, Alison [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 26 November 2001 12:54
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Drug Companies
Dear all
What would your advice be regarding drug companies sponsoring a health
professional to undertake a review of medications within GP practices?
Obviously no changes could be made without the authority of the GP. The
sponsored health professional would have open access to the GP
administration system and would be able to suggest changes to patients'
medications. This may or may not financially benefit the practice but I
would think would always benefit the sponsor. As a patient I would not be
at all happy to think that commercial companies had access even by a health
professional (however secure) to my details. If informed I would object to
the processing but could they go ahead and justify it by para 6(1) Sch 2
and para 8(1) and (2) therefore not requiring my consent.
Alison Morton
Data Protection Officer
4 Barns Park
AYR KA7 2AJ
Tel: 01292 513722
Fax: 01292 513725
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