Data protection

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A doctor collecting information on a patient using various mobile devices
30 January 2017

Move to implement patient ‘data lake’ scheme

After meeting with NHS data experts and tech companies, NHS England chief information officer Will Smart wants to push on
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12 October 2016

Brexit timescale means NHS should plan for EU data laws

Prime Minister Theresa May's clarification of the Brexit timetable makes it increasingly likely that the NHS will need to comply
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Information Commissioner's Office
7 January 2016

ICO warns Alzheimer’s Society

The Alzheimer’s Society faces potential prosecution for failing to protect sensitive personal data if it fails to comply with a
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Information Commissioner's Office
14 October 2015

Patient data: not sharing a ‘breach’

GPs could be investigated for failing to share patient data when there is a duty to do so, according to
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15 June 2015

Call to improve mHealth data protection

Greater efforts must be made to protect patient data collected by mobile devices, according to Europe’s data guardian.
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3 October 2014

GPs practices can opt out of care.data

GP practices could take an “opt-out by default” stance to the care.data programme without breaching the Data Protection Act, the
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17 January 2014

EU rule makes research ‘impractical’

New data protection rules being proposed for the European Union would make conducting research using data in the EU “impractical”,
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Half a million patient correspondents were lost by NHS shared business service.
24 September 2013

Care.data publicity ‘not adequate’ – GPC

The practice-based publicity campaign around care.data is “not adequate” and wider awareness raising activities will take place before extractions begin,
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Information Commissioner's Office
12 July 2013

NHS England gets £200,000 fine

NHS England has been issued with a £200,000 fine by the Information Commissioner’s Office after a former primary care trust
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Information Commissioner's Office
28 March 2013

ICO wants compulsory audits of NHS

The government is looking to make the NHS subject to compulsory data protection audits by the Information Commissioner’s Office.
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