Patient data

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10 July 2023

Digital Health Unplugged: Restore Digital’s journey to the DCB0129 standard

Jordan Sollof is joined by head of healthcare at Restore Digital Ted Reynolds to discuss the company's journey to the
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16 May 2022

Goldacre says TREs will mitigate harmful data risks and ‘earn public trust’

Professor Ben Goldacre has told the Science and Tech Committee that Trusted Research Environments (TREs) will mitigate data risks and
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7 April 2022

Goldacre recommends Trusted Research Environments become ‘the norm’

A review led by Professor Ben Goldacre into health data has recommended Trusted Research Environments (TREs) become the "norm".
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31 March 2022

Citizens do want their health data to be harnessed for innovation

While there is a lack of trust, Dr Layla McCay, argues that citizens are not opposed to having their data
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20 October 2021

New information added to NHS Digital’s cyber security campaign

The Keep IT Confidential cyber security awareness campaign from NHS Digital has been updated with new advice and best practice
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12 October 2021

National Data Guardian calls for ‘commitment to transparency’

Dr Nicola Byrne said people need to trust they can share their data with confidence without concern their data may
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27 July 2021

NHS Digital gives patients easier access to who uses their data

The Data Uses Register, which makes it easier for patients to see which organisations access data, has been launched by
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GP at desk
29 June 2021

Rationale of GPDPR is there but trust issues need to be addressed

Digital Health News spoke to Dr Natalie Banner, Understanding Patient Data lead about GPDPR and what needs to happen next.
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Unplugged Podcast
15 June 2021

Digital Health Unplugged: Unlocking the patient consent puzzle

The latest Digital Health Unplugged is now live – this time debating the topic of patient consent and data sharing
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GP at desk
7 June 2021

BMA and RCGP issue joint letter to NHS Digital over GPDPR programme

The pair have issued a joint letter to NHS Digital to express concerns about the General Practice Data for Planning
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