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19 November 2008

Survey reveals mixed picture on device security

NHS organisations have tightened up on mobile device security in response to the recent spate of data breaches from the
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17 November 2008

Cayton stakes claim to independence of NIGB

The new chair of the National Information Governance Board for Health and Social Care has criticised plans to make it
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29 October 2008

2008 ‘a year of data breaches’

Information Commissioner Richard Thomas has expressed concern about continued data breaches from the public sector – almost a year after
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6 October 2008

GP seeks urgent response on SCR legality

A GP who is seeking publication of the Department of Health’s legal advice on plans for the Summary Care Record
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30 September 2008

Nicholson highlights GP data risks

The Information Commissioner has identified GPs as a data security risk, according to David Nicholson, chief executive of the NHS.
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29 September 2008

Nicholson reinforces encryption message

NHS chief executive David Nicholson has asked NHS chief executives to check that their organisations are encrypting all removable data.
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17 September 2008

SUS public consultation launched

NHS Connecting for Health has launched a public consultation on the wider use of patient information held in the Secondary
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4 September 2008

Call for ā€˜rollingā€™ register to replace census

Data from GP patient registers could be one of a range of databases used to provide a ‘rolling’ register of
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5 August 2008

Doctors complain about rating website

Doctors have complained to the Information Commissioner about the doctors’ rating website iwantgreatcare.org. The site www.iwantgreatcare.org was launched last month
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25 July 2008

European judgement casts doubts on NHS CRS consent

A GP campaigning against the consent model for the NHS Care Records Service (NCRS) claims a European Court of Human
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