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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IG review panel to report on progress
A new independent panel overseeing the implementation of the Caldicott2 review of information governance will provide a progress report in a year.
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First sign-off for patient data flow
NHS South London Commissioning Support Unit is the first to have its Data Service for Commissioners infrastructure signed off, allowing it to process patient confidential data.
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Senior task force working on IG
A high-level task force at NHS England is working on solutions to information governance issues that are stopping commissioners from accessing patient confidential data.
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Caldicott2 report treads fine line
Dame Fiona Caldicott’s second review of information governance in the NHS has published its report, seeking to balance the need to share information across health and social care with a patient’s right to say what should be done with their data.
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Caldicott recommends ‘duty to share’
The Caldicott2 review of information governance in the NHS recommends a new duty to share information when it is in the interest of the patient.
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Fiona Caldicott calls for IG name change
The term ‘information governance’ could be changed to ‘clinical governance’ as part of encouraging a cultural shift in the NHS towards more information sharing, Dame Fiona Caldicott has said.
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Having a fine time
The Information Commissioner’s Office has issued six NHS trusts with fines in five months. Rebecca Todd asked ICO head of enforcement Stephen Eckersley about the message being sent.
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Caldicott to tackle fear of data sharing
Junior staff members who are unsure of the “rights and wrongs” of information governance are preventing data sharing that could benefit patients, Dame Fiona Caldicott has said.
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Warning against making IG a ‘black art’
Information governance is turned into a “black art” by some people in the NHS who use it as a barrier to sharing information, an Information Commissioner’s Office spokesperson has said.
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