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 be sought by the Information Commissioner (IC) in the very near future, according to a letter from the commissioner’s office. The letter, sent to Dr Paul Thornton, a Warwickshire GP with a special interest in […]
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Consultation highlights concerns over NCRS ownership
Concerns over who will own the summary record on the spine and how the summary data will be validated are among the issues that have been raised in response to proposals on the content of the NHS Care Record Service (NCRS). More than 80 submissions have been received from professional and patients organisations as well […]
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Practice manager finds no opt-out from NCRS
A practice manager has tried and failed to prevent her health record, which contains a significant error, being stored in existing databases and the planned national NHS Care Records Service. Helen Wilkinson of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, who manages a practice in West London, has de-registered from the NHS following a long correspondence about the problem. […]
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