Security

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14 December 2007

Immediate NHS data security review ordered

NHS chief executive David Nicholson has written to all NHS trust chief executives instructing them to immediately review and tighten
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13 December 2007

Data sharing consultation launched

A consultation into how personal information is used and shared in the public and private sectors has been launched today
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10 December 2007

Horizontal applications in health and social care

Denise Harrison, director and co-founder of Liquidlogic, on the growth of horizontal integration.
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10 December 2007

BMA to attempt to control internet drug sales

The British Medical Association (BMA) is to work with the UK government and the World Health Organisation to control internet
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6 December 2007

Dear NPfIT…

Respondents to the recent Medix survey added comments to their answers. Linda Davidson sifted their views.
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28 November 2007

Children’s database delayed to review security

The government has announced that the £224m children’s database, ContactPoint, will be delayed for five months, so that a full
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28 November 2007

Ehealth one of UK’s major future technologies

The government’s Council for Science and Technology (CST) has named e-health as one of the most promising technologies for the
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27 November 2007

French patients able to update insurance smartcards

Smartcard security specialists Xiring and mobile phone operator SFR are working together to deploy the largest ‘Machine to Machine’ network
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26 November 2007

Overseas data work under review, say reports

The government is reportedly reviewing whether sensitive information about NHS patients could be sent overseas for processing. A leaked internal
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26 November 2007

Security clampdown on NSTS batch deliveries

A clampdown on deliveries of unencrypted data sent by regular mail services has been announced by the NHS Strategic Tracing
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