FOI

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18 July 2008

Over 150 data losses uncovered in Wales

Fourteen computers have been stolen from NHS trusts in Wales in the last three years, a Freedom of Information request
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20 February 2008

Six years since Blair seminar began NPfIT

Six years ago this week Tony Blair chaired a No 10 Seminar on NHS IT, that paved the way to
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7 February 2008

Privacy fear over NHS card loss

Thousands of NHS computer 'smartcards' used to give access to confidential patient records have gone missing.
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4 June 2007

OGC accused of shredding Gateway review reports

The Office of Government Commerce has reportedly ordered civil servants to destroy copies of Gateway review reports into government computer
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12 April 2007

Report warns of embarrassment over NHSu’s £72m

A report on the now-defunct online NHS university (NHSu) says that the £72m spent on the project would have exposed the
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5 April 2007

FOI victory on report that led to axing of NHSu

Nurse educator and health informatician, Rod Ward, has won the right under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act to see
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25 October 2005

Loophole could force release of deceased’s records

A loophole in the Data Protection Act means GPs could be forced to disclose the records of deceased patients, GP
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4 May 2005

BMA issues FOI guidelines for GPs

The BMA has issued new guidance to General Practitioners on the Freedom of Information Act advising them to be open
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8 April 2005

NHS coping with FOI so far

A new survey indicates that most NHS organisations have so far only received a limited number of Freedom of Information
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29 March 2005

Shedding light

E-Health Insider looks at documents released by NPfIT under FOI and describes how you can also make a request.
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