Last week the Labor Party said they would oppose the Legislation authorising the new planned national screening register.Telstra's $178m cancer register deal under attackBy Allie Coyne on Sep 15, 2016 3:01PM Labor, Greens want operation in government hands.Labor and the Greens are fighting the government's $178 million plan to outsource its new national cancer screening register to Telstra, arguing the sensitive data should not reside with a private company.Telstra won the five-year contract for implementation and maintenance of the system, which will record the cancer screening results of 11 million patients, in May.The register will replace eight state and territory cervical cancer screening registers, and one paper-based bowel screening register, to provide a single record for each individual. The system will interact with My Health Records, Medicare and private health providers.The database will be used by state and territory governments, general practices and...
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