Confidentiality

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12 September 2008

Trusts fail to discipline staff over data breaches

NHS managers are failing to take action against staff who are involved in data breaches, according to the GP magazine
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1 September 2008

Fujitsu said to be preparing £700m LSP claim

Fujitsu may be preparing to seek up to £700m in compensation from the Department of Health for the termination of its
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28 August 2008

Wirral PCT faces local data privacy backlash

Wirral Primary Care Trust has delayed plans to introduce a telephone support service provided by a US contractor, after a
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30 July 2008

Patient aged 12 told to use Choose and Book

A patient aged 12 has become the youngest patient to use the Choose and Book appointment system, after her practice
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25 July 2008

European Court fines Finland for data breach

The European Court of Human Rights has ordered the Finnish government to pay out €34,000 because it failed to protect
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15 July 2008

DH group to look at wider NHS CRS access

The Department of Health has convened a group to look at widening access to the NHS Care Records Service including
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11 July 2008

BMA rejects call to ‘abandon’ Choose and Book

The BMA has rejected demands to abandon Choose and Book if it cannot be made fit for purpose within a
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8 July 2008

GPs concerned by TPP data sharing system

GPs have raised concerns about TPP SystmOne’s new data sharing model which Connecting for Health says is currently being reviewed
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8 July 2008

NHS Lothian declares ‘data amnesty’

A Scottish health board has declared a data amnesty after a community health worker lost a USB stick containing personal
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8 July 2008

We live in digital times

Nick Timmins, public policy editor of the Financial Times, argues that the NHS has to succeed in digitisatising if it
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