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Eileen Phillips

Eileen Phillips is co-chair of the GP Data Patient and Public Engagement and Communications Advisory Panel (PPECAP) and a member of the National Data Guardian Panel

Co-chair of the GP Data Patient and Public Engagement and Communications Advisory Panel (PPECAP) and member of the National Data Guardian Panel

Eileen Phillips worked in communications at the BBC, the Royal College of Nursing and the General Medical Council, before joining NHS Connecting for Health as Head of Media in 2007. In 2014 Dame Fiona Caldicott, the previous National Data Guardian (NDG), asked her to join her advisory panel.  She continued on the panel when Dr Nicola Byrne became NDG in 2021, advising on communicating with the public about health and care data sharing.


Blogs

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By Eileen Phillips. 23 November 2022 Why we want to recruit data sceptics

Eileen Phillips, GP Data Patient and Public Engagement and Communications Advisory Panel (PPECAP) co-chair and National Data Guardian Panel member, says actively seeking opposing points of views is essential if we’re to understand concerns and build public trust in the use of patient data.