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Data loss prompts Dudley to spend on security

The Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust will spend £135,000 on new computer security software, following the theft of a
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NHS London orders data transfer review

All deliveries of patient information in London have been halted, and the chief executive of NHS London has begun a
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Security clampdown on NSTS batch deliveries

A clampdown on deliveries of unencrypted data sent by regular mail services has been announced by the NHS Strategic Tracing
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Losing patient data may become a crime

The court should be able to prosecute doctors who have laptops containing unencrypted patient information stolen from their cars, according
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3G Doctor launches videophone consultations

Patients in the UK and Ireland can now access a self-created medical record on their mobile phone, and also have
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Most internet pharmacies unregulated

The majority of online drug retail websites operate without proper credentials and lack e-commerce security features, according to new research
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Concern about USB sticks used for handovers

The security of data stored on USB sticks has been called into question following the theft of a stick containing
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BT opts for Blue Coat to accelerate net content on N3

Secure content and application delivery specialists, Blue Coat Systems, have been selected to provide their proxy platform appliances to accelerate
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Cancer case repository launched to aid research

A new cancer case repository that is able to extract information from the wide variety of sources in an electronic
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