RED tape is "strangling" medical research in Scotland, claims a leading charity.
The British Heart Foundation , which funds around £100 million of medical research every year, called on the NHS to open up its data to scientists after finding that 79% of Scots would be happy for their doctors to give their medical information to researchers to help develop new treatments.
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