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16 January 2015

More action needed on IG – Caldicott

Dame Fiona Caldicott has called for action to support the "cultural change" demanded in her second review of information governance
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20 March 2012

End of life standard ‘needs work’ – GPs

A new information standard related to recording keeping for end of life care is “not fit for purpose”, GP IT
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13 April 2011

IG ‘major block’ on IT projects

Information governance is a major stumbling block to IT innovation and service integration, a Westminster Health Forum heard this week.
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8 March 2011

Smartcard sharing ‘should be offence’

The National Information Governance Board for Health and Social Care has recommended that smartcard sharing should be banned and misuse
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15 October 2010

NIGB burns in bonfire of the quangos

A body set up to improve the way in which confidential patient data is handled has been scrapped by the
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23 October 2009

NIGB launches social care guarantee

The National Information Governance Board has launched its Social Care Record Guarantee, setting out patients’ rights on confidentiality and consent
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11 June 2009

NIGB says don’t delete information

Information should never be completely removed from an electronic patient record, according to new draft guidance. The National Information Governance
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16 March 2009

Health coaches get access to patient records

A primary care trust is planning to set up a health coaching service giving Bupa health coaches access to patient
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19 January 2009

Data watchdog urged to examine legality of NHS database

A GP who is campaigning against the NHS Care Records Services is calling on the watchdog for NHS data to
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17 November 2008

Cayton stakes claim to independence of NIGB

The new chair of the National Information Governance Board for Health and Social Care has criticised plans to make it
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