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 using standard procedures to obtain relevant information.
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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 Statistics returns that could breach patient confidentiality.
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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 Information Commissioner’s Office report, leaked to the BBC.
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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 Office has found.
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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 to opt out of the programme.
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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 be improved, a report by the Information Commissioner’s Office has concluded.
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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, most of whom were women in their 20s and 30s.
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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 was found to have breached the Data Protection Act.
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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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