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 to opt out of the programme.
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Care.data safeguards detailed
Patient identifiable information extracted as part of care.data will not be available via Section 251 requests while NHS England establishes trust in the data sharing programme.
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EU rule makes research ‘impractical’
New data protection rules being proposed for the European Union would make conducting research using data in the EU “impractical”, the Department of Health says.
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Care.data cost more than £50m
The strategic outline business case for the controversial care.data programme is yet to go to Treasury for approval and involves a spend of more than £50m.
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SCR uploads and viewings hit record high
TPP MIG integration in final testing
A west London pilot integrating TPP’s SystmOne with the Medical Interoperability Gateway is in a final round of testing and will conclude next month.
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TPP signs MIG contract
Healthcare Gateway has signed a contract with TPP to share SystmOne data via its Medical Interoperability Gateway.
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Emis-TPP data sharing called off
An agreement to work on direct sharing of information between TPP and Emis users has collapsed.
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Hunt attacks GPs for OOH and IT issues
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt highlighted problems around sharing patient information as he announced that GPs would take back responsibility for out-of-hours care.
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Commissioning for outcomes a ‘priority’
NHS England is committed to a making commissioning and contracting for outcomes an “absolute priority”, its director of commissioning support strategy and market development says.
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