Information Commissioner

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12 May 2006

Call for tougher penalties for information crime

A case in which an abusive husband was able to track down his ex-partner’s whereabouts through her parents’ medical records
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11 April 2006

Academics call for NPfIT technical assessment

A group of 23 computer science academics from around the UK have written an open letter calling for an “independent
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10 January 2006

GP calls for judicial review of NCRS consent

A GP is calling for a judicial review of the government’s consent plans for the NHS Care Records Service (NCRS).
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25 October 2005

Loophole could force release of deceased’s records

A loophole in the Data Protection Act means GPs could be forced to disclose the records of deceased patients, GP
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18 October 2005

ID cards database could store medical records

Details of patients’ medical records could potentially appear on the ID card database if an amendment to the ID Cards Bill
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30 August 2005

QoF data to be published online

Practices will no longer have to release Quality and Outcome Framework data if asked to do so under the Freedom of
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1 August 2005

Information Commissioner will look at opt-out rights

  Clarification on patients’ rights to opt out of having personal information recorded under the NHS Care Records Service (NCRS) will
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26 April 2005

FOI challenge on QoF data

The owner of an online information service is challenging a decision to hold back publication of Quality and Outcomes Framework
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15 May 2003

Electronic Social Care Record To Be Phased

The December 2004 target for implementing full electronic social care records (ESCR) is not achievable and the roll-out is now
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27 May 2002

Health Data Protection Group Formed

The first meeting of the new Health Records and Data Protection Review Group, set up to advise the Government on
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