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4 August 2017

Privacy and Healthcare Data book explores changing concept of ‘privacy’ and ‘patient control’

Patients should be empowered by “the choice of control” – that is the key message addressed in the newly released
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Sarah Wilkinson named as new CEO NHS Digital
18 April 2017

NHS Digital appoints Home Office CTO as new CEO

NHS Digital has appointed Home Office chief technology officer, Sarah Wilkinson, as its new CEO.
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Primary care staff are advised to leave systems switched off this morning
21 March 2017

ICO moves to calm controversy over TTP patient data sharing

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) says thousands of GPs should not switch off "enhanced" information sharing, despite ongoing concerns.
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Google Deepmind
9 March 2017

Google’s DeepMind building health data audit tool to counter transparency fears

Google's DeepMind Health is creating a new data audit infrastructure that allows trusts to see how their data is being
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21 February 2017

NHS Digital will not face “regulatory action” from ICO

NHS Digital will not face "regulatory action" from ICO for not honouring patients' Type 2 opt outs, which allows your
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8 February 2017

National Data Guardian to review health data sharing on illegal immigrants

Dame Fiona Caldicott, the National Data Guardian, will be meeting health and Home Office officials to discuss controversial data scheme
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3 February 2017

Scottish NHS staff caught in US cyber-attack

The personal details of hundreds of Scottish NHS staff have been compromised in attack in US radiation monitoring contractor.
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A doctor collecting information on a patient using various mobile devices
30 January 2017

Move to implement patient ‘data lake’ scheme

After meeting with NHS data experts and tech companies, NHS England chief information officer Will Smart wants to push on
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6 December 2016

NHS Digital sees off patient privacy challenge

NHS Digital has seen off a challenge to the way its anonymises millions of patients’ data, with a verdict finding
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5 December 2016

Discount Apple Watch offered for health data

A private insurer is offering UK customers super cheap Apple Watches with its policies but there's a catch (or two).
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