Confidentiality

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Care.data: gone but not forgotten

Care.data has been officially dead for more than a month, but its legacy is far from buried. Ben Heather takes
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NHS-backed apps put patient data at risk

Dozens of apps that feature in the NHS Health Apps Library put the privacy of patient data at risk, according
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Pharmacy 2U investigated for data sale

An online pharmacy part-owned by clinical software supplier Emis has come under fire for selling the data of some customers
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Coming up, in 2015

A clear direction for NHS IT was set in 2014; but could be disrupted by the general election due on
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Care.data review raises questions

An independent review on the first stage of NHS Englandā€™s controversial care.data programme says a wide range of ā€œunresolvedā€ questions
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Power to the people on: the great confidentiality face-off

Confidentiality canā€™t just be toggled on and off, because it goes to the heart of the doctor/patient relationship. Paul Hodgkin
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Enter the CCG

Dr John Lockleyā€™s attempts to make effective use of data for clinical commissioning are being thwarted by the Section 251
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Exemption to share SUS data granted

NHS England has been granted a six-month exemption to allow patient-identifiable data to flow to commissioners.
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Off the record

A group of well-known privacy campaigners have the GP Extraction Service in their sights. Lis Evenstad reports from the launch
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Govt seeks to change NHS Constitution

The government has launched a consultation on changes to the NHS Constitution that effectively spells out how few rights people
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