DH issues guidance on ‘safe havens’
The Department of Health has issued guidance on the creation of patient data ‘safe havens’ that will govern access to confidential data held by Health and Social Care Information Centre.
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ASH consultation out ‘soon’
New regulations on how patient identifiable data can be provided to commissioners should be in place by the end of 2014, NHS England and the Health and Social Care Information Centre have said.
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NHS must earn trust on data – Manning
The NHS needs to earn back the trust of patients in the way that it handles data, the chair of the HSCIC has said in a speech that also promised action on ‘accredited safe havens’ for commissioning data shortly.
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ASH data breaches to attract fines
Accredited safe havens will be subject to significant fines if they breach their requirements for handling patient data under Health and Social Care Information Centre proposals.
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‘Safe haven’ accreditation held up
The creation of ‘accredited safe havens’ to allow commissioners to process some patient confidential data is being held up by the wait for the government’s response to Caldicott2.
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