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UK Biobank has my data, but I’m not worried. I know the benefits are too great to consider pulling out | Polly Toynbee https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/01/uk-biobank-data-china-breach-longitudinal-study-benefits #MedicalResearch #DataProtection #China #PatrickVallance #Science #UkNews #WorldNews

UK Biobank has my data, but I’m not worried. I know the benefits are too great to consider pulling out

Longitudinal studies are a research jewel, shedding light on motor neurone disease, cot deaths, Alzheimer’s and more. Don’t let the security breach in China put you off joining one, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian

World news | The Guardian Apr 29

UK braces for further leaks after more private health records appear on Chinese website https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/29/uk-data-leaks-alibaba-biobank-health-records #DataProtection #China #UkNews #Alibaba #PatrickVallance #HouseOfLords #Politics #IanMurray #AsiaPacific #Technology #WorldNews

UK braces for further leaks after more private health records appear on Chinese website

Patrick Vallance says government working with Chinese officials to remove postings from Alibaba after Biobank data breach last week

The Guardian

Technology | The Guardian US Jan 16

AI will transform the ‘human job’ and enhance skills, says science minister https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/16/ai-will-transform-the-human-job-and-enhance-skills-says-science-minister #AiArtificialIntelligence #Robots #Computing #Technology #PatrickVallance #Politics #UkNews #Unemployment #SadiqKhan

AI will transform the ‘human job’ and enhance skills, says science minister

Patrick Vallance says robots would take away ‘repetitive’ tasks, but Sadiq Khan warns AI will usher in ‘new era of mass unemployment’

The Guardian

Science | The Guardian Sep 16, 2025

NHS must reverse decline in drugs investment, says science minister https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/sep/16/nhs-must-reverse-decline-medicines-investment-science-minister-patrick-vallance #Pharmaceuticalsindustry #PatrickVallance #AstraZeneca #Politics #Business #Science #Society #UKnews #Health #NHS

UK set on resolving standoff with big pharma, science minister says

Patrick Vallance says relations must improve and NHS has to reverse decline in drugs investment

The Guardian

Science | The Guardian Aug 30, 2024

I would not have been a minister under Tories, says Labour’s Patrick Vallance https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/aug/30/labour-patrick-vallance-science-minister-tories #PatrickVallance #Sciencepolicy #Conservatives #Coronavirus #RishiSunak #Politics #Science #UKnews #Labour

I would not have been a minister under Tories, says Labour’s Patrick Vallance

Exclusive: Former chief scientific adviser makes remark as DSIT announces reopening of recruitment for key role

The Guardian

A land fit for all our futures Jul 6, 2024

#PatrickVallance as Science Minister and #JamesTimpson as Prisons Minister? Good grief, what is this sensible parallel universe that I've woken up in?

#UKPolitics #ge2024

KiwiNikki Jul 6, 2024

Am I the only one wishing #Starmer would #maskup and get #PatrickVallance to start a campaign talking about how many people have #longcovid and now can’t work. That might make #luxon pay attention if he realised the #economy would be screwed. #WearAMask #CovidIsNotOver