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ICO to examine insurers’ use of GP info

The Information Commissioner’s Office is examining why insurance companies are requesting patients’ full medical records from GP practices instead of
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HSCIC warns of HES confidentiality

The Health and Social Care Information Centre has asked a “significant” number of trusts to delete data containing Hospital Episode
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Leaked ICO audit reveals data breach

A private medical company’s data breaches may have involved the personal information of up to 10,000 patients, according to an
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Staff info published in data breach

South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust “accidentally” published staff members' personal information on its website in a data breach.
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Jr docs need IG training – ICO

NHS organisations are confused about how to ensure junior doctors get data protection training, a report from the Information Commissioner’s
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Care.data opt-out ‘not clear’ – ICO

The Information Commissioner’s Office is concerned that the information provided to patients on care.data is not clear enough about how
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GPs doing well on data protection – ICO

Most GP surgeries have good patient data protection schemes in place, but email and USB security and breach reporting could
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Prosecution for illegal records access

A former GP surgery manager has been prosecuted and fined for illegally accessing the medical records of nearly 2000 patients,
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NHS England gets £200,000 fine

NHS England has been issued with a £200,000 fine by the Information Commissioner’s Office after a former primary care trust
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ICO wants compulsory audits of NHS

The government is looking to make the NHS subject to compulsory data protection audits by the Information Commissioner’s Office.
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