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Table 6 Comparison of proportion of respondents who think their health data is currently used for each suggested purpose, compared to the proportion that would be happy for their data to be used in this way

From: Perceptions of anonymised data use and awareness of the NHS data opt-out amongst patients, carers and healthcare staff

 

Think is currently used for this reason

Would be happy for use for this reason

p value

Own healthcare

96.1%

97.7%

0.244

Organising services within the hospital

71.0%

95.1%

< 0.005

Projects which improve NHS services

60.2%

95.1%

< 0.005

Research by NHS staff

58.1%

93.8%

< 0.005

Research by university researchers

30.2%

84.9%

< 0.005

Research by drug companies or medical technology companies

23.8%

68.4%

< 0.005

Research by companies who do not provide healthcare products or services

13.0%

41.3%

< 0.005