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ICO guidance data transparency
22 April 2024

ICO guidance on transparency published for health and care sector

New guidance has been issued by ICO over how health and care organisations should be transparent over the use of
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8 June 2023

NHS Cyber Strategy: Four data protection tips for healthcare organisations

With the NHS increasingly targeted by cybercriminals, NHS organisations must act to defend themselves and protect the privacy and wellbeing
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30 September 2020

NHS Covid-19 app ‘more privacy-centric than original model’

Five months on and a government U-turn to a decentalised operating model, Professor Eerke Boiten said the revamped app is
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CT scan
30 September 2019

Thousands of NHS medical images found ‘unprotected’ on web

Six UK systems storing x-rays, MRI and CT scans were found to be allowing unprotected access to images, according to
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17 July 2019

NHSX CDO tries to quell alarm bells over Alexa partnership

Tara Donnelly confirmed that no patient will be shared with Amazon following an initiative to make healthcare data accessible via
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10 July 2019

Amazon Alexa partnership puts patient data ‘at risk’

A lack of detail about how patient data will be used and stored makes the deal appear like a “crazy
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Shared Care Records
29 January 2018

Special Report: Shared Care Records

In June last year, NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens named eight accountable care systems, meant to spearhead efforts towards
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19 January 2018

PHE under fire for supplying cancer patient data to tobacco-linked firm

Public Health England (PHE) has come under fire after handing over data concerning nearly 180,000 lung NHS cancer patients to
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15 June 2017

CIOs and CCIOs urge greater clarity on shared records and data protection

Current data protection guidance is contradictory and not conducive to effective patient care according to a new discussion paper published
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6 June 2017

New service to untangle data in NHS trusts

NHS trusts and healthcare organisations now have access to a service for consolidating their data in readiness for General Data
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