Confidentiality

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Pharmacists may get access to patient care records

The government has announced it will investigate how community pharmacy access to the NHS Care Records Service could be achieved.
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NPfIT progress so far

Gordon Hextall, NHS CfH chief operating officer and interim director of programme and systems delivery, sets out progress on the
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HealthSpace wins clinician vote

HealthSpace, the NHS’s own personal health record project, has been voted the most exciting part of the NHS national IT
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CfH expand ETD course offerings

Connecting for Health has announced two new additions to its Education, Training and Development (ETD) series, to be launched next
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Former IC chief loses tribunal claim

The former head of the NHS Information Centre, who claimed she was made a ‘scapegoat’ for a heavily criticised joint
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Medics sceptical about government data security

Nine out of ten doctors have no confidence in the government’s ability to safeguard patient data online, a poll by
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Suspended doctor wins apology over share record

A junior doctor suspended by her employers for five years after objecting to her private medical records being given to
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North Tees emergency unit opens with wireless

Emergency staff at the University Hospital of North Tees are using wireless technology to treat patients at their bedside and
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Four-fifths of doctors say electronic record insecure

Four-fifths of doctors are concerned that current plans for patients’ health records to be available from a central database –
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Concern over use of post for patient records

Two PCTs send GP patient records in the regular post when patients move practice if the patients live just outside
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