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Having one’s confidential medical data open to virtually anyone is devastating, while the chaos brought by infected systems caused at least inconvenience, at worst life-threatening situations. For the ...
NHS England had claimed that it has all the necessary controls in place, although data protection watchdog the Information Commissioner’s Office has revealed concerns about aspects of the plan.
The UK's data protection watchdog has levied its first fine against an NHS organisation, after a Welsh hospital accidentally sent a patient's health details to the wrong person.The Information ...
Ministers have launched a consultation on the future of the NHS, promising to put patients and staff at the heart of its forthcoming 10-year health plan. The plan, expected to be published in 2025, ...
Campaigners are rightly concerned that the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill winding its way through Parliament will, if passed, undermine many of the current protections for our ...
Read more about data security in the healthcare sector The Information Commissioner’s Office now has the right to audit NHS authorities to ensure they comply with the Data Protection Act.
Since then, unsurprisingly, the spotlight has been thrown on the NHS’s investment in cyber security and data protection. For example, a recent National Audit Office report pointed to a shocking lack ...
They say that there have only been privacy and data protection considerations made to “a few narrow parts” of the overall Test and Trace system and that they will file for a judicial review ...
The Herald can reveal the scale of data breaches across NHS Fife after the Sandie Peggie employment tribunal raised confidentiality concerns.
On the Isle of Wight, the NHS contact tracing app is making a difference. Around 25 people per day are being tested for coronavirus after reporting it through their phones and more than 50,000 ...
October 21, 2024 at 11:55am BST The NHS must make “much more use of technology”, the Prime Minister has insisted amid concerns about plans to share patient data in the NHS. New laws are set to ...