NHS Camden rapped by ICO
The Information Commissioner’s Office has taken enforcement action against NHS Camden for breaching the Data Protection Act. The ICO has served the primary care trust with an enforcement notice for failing to dispose of a number of computers properly. Redundant, unencrypted computers holding the names, addresses and medical diagnoses of 2,500 individuals were left beside […]
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Data sharing clause 152 dropped
The government has dropped its controversial plans to make it easier to share personal data across Whitehall departments. Justice Secretary Jack Straw has announced that he has asked for clause 152 of the Coroners and Justice Bill to be withdrawn from the legislation to allow for further consultation. The clause prompted widespread concern among privacy bodies […]
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Brent PCT rapped over data loss
A third English NHS Trust in the space of a month has been required to take enforcement action by the Information Commissioner’s Office.
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BMA calls for exemption on data sharing
The BMA is calling for confidential health information to be exempt from new government legislation which will allow sharing of personal data across Whitehall departments.
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Two NHS trusts rapped over data losses
The Information Commisioner’s Office has taken enforecment action against two NHS trusts for data losses that placed them in breach of the Data Protection Act. The ICO found Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University NHS Trust and Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust were both in breach of the DPA for failing to secure patient […]
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Data watchdog urged to examine legality of NHS database
A GP who is campaigning against the NHS Care Records Services is calling on the watchdog for NHS data to examine the legality of the government’s proposals for the NHS database. Dr Paul Thornton, a GP in Warwickshire, has written a 15 page report for the National Information Governance Board for Health and Social Care […]
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Prison health records on lost memory stick
An NHS worker lost a memory stick with the password attached containing patient information on over 6,000 prisoners. Central Lancashire Primary Care Trust said personal details of more than 6,000 prisoners were carried on the USB memory stick, lost on 30 December. The stick was being used to back up clinical databases at Her Majesty’s Prison Preston. The stick carried […]
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Lib Dems demand tougher data protection
The Liberal Democrats are calling on the Department of Health to publish minimum standards for the protection of data on mobile devices after compiling research on more than 150 cases of data loss in the NHS. The party used the Freedom of Information Act to ask strategic health authorities about ‘serious untoward incidents’ involving data […]
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