pseudonymisation

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26 April 2022

When is your data anonymous?

In a joint piece for Digital Health, Paul Affleck and GP Dr Imran Khan, explore the recent care.data and GPDPR
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16 February 2016

Legal view: sharing is daring?

Christopher Air and Eleanor Tunnicliffe from DAC Beachcroft consider the vexed issue of information sharing between NHS organisations from the
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29 May 2014

GPs call for patient opt-in to care.data

GPs have called for patients to be able to opt in to their data being extracted from GP practices as
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9 April 2014

Pseudo at source review for care.data

The Health and Social Care Information Centre has launched a steering group to “help guide” its possible use of pseudonymisation
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21 February 2014

Pseudo at source ‘not ready’ – Kelsey

NHS England’s director of patients and information Tim Kelsey says ‘pseudonymisation at source’ technology is not ready for use on
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29 October 2013

Hippisley-Cox wins John Perry Prize

Professor Julia Hippisley-Cox has won the John Perry prize for her work developing the Open Pseudonymiser tool.
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26 April 2011

Trusts miss pseudonymisation target

Fewer than half of NHS trusts have successfully “pseudonymised” their patient records, missing a government target aimed at making patient
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7 February 2011

SUS anonymisation described as trivial

Fresh questions have been raised over the anonymity of de-identified patient data provided through the NHS secondary uses service for
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