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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-service-control-of-patient-information-regulations-2002/schedule/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/1438",
  "legislation_title": "The Health Service (Control of Patient Information) Regulations 2002",
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  "number": "4",
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  "text": "The processing of confidential patient information for medical purposes from more than one source with a view to—\n(a) linking information from more than one of those sources;\n(b) validating the quality or completeness of—\n(i) confidential patient information, or\n(ii) data derived from such information;\n(c) avoiding the impairment of the quality of data derived from confidential patient information by incorrect linkage or the unintentional inclusion of the same information more than once.",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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