Straw urged to exempt medical records from data sharing – The Guardian
“The medical professions are to press the justice secretary, Jack Straw, today to exempt personal medical records from the widespread data-sharing powers in his coroners and justice bill.” Full story...
View ArticleCare failings blamed for stabbing spree – The Guardian
“An independent inquiry into the treatment of a man with paranoid schizophrenia who randomly stabbed six people, killing one, has condemned the care he had before the attacks and found that a nurse had...
View ArticleNHS patients given right to delete electronic record – The Guardian
“NHS patients will be allowed to delete electronic summaries of their treatment records from a new national medical database, the Guardian has learned.” Full story The Guardian, 26th May 2009 Source:...
View ArticlePatients win right to delete records on controversial health database –...
“Patients will be able to demand that their health records are deleted from the massive database being built by the NHS, privacy regulator the Information Commissioner’s Office has said. Previously,...
View ArticleCare review for 214 dead patients – BBC News
“The treatment notes of 214 patients who died at Stafford Hospital, where standards of care have been strongly criticised, are to be reviewed.” Full story BBC News, 30th October 2009 Source:...
View ArticleHutton inquiry closed David Kelly medical reports for 70 years – The Guardian
“Lord Hutton’s decision to classify documents about the death of Dr David Kelly is likely to face a legal challenge amid claims by experts that there are increasing grounds to question the inquiry’s...
View ArticleRape victim not allowed to know truth about adopted child – Daily Telegraph
“A rape victim who gave her baby away 20 years ago because she could not be sure if the child was her husband’s cannot now find out the truth because of adoption rules, a court has heard.” Full story...
View ArticleDr Kelly wounds ‘typical of self-inflicted injury’ – The Independent
“Wounds to the body of weapons inspector David Kelly were ‘typical of self-inflicted injury’, according to previously secret medical documents released today. Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke said he...
View ArticleTougher penalties planned for NHS data losses – The Guardian
“Information commissioner Christopher Graham says fines of up to £500,000 could be imposed for Data Protection Act breaches.” Full story The Guardian, 1st July 2011 Source: www.guardian.co.uk
View ArticleIn re an application by the General Dental Council (Savery and others,...
In re an application by the General Dental Council (Savery and others, interested parties):[2011] EWHC 3011 (Admin); [2011] WLR (D) 332 “The General Dental Council was under no obligation to obtain...
View ArticleUnlawful accessing of medical records leads to hospital’s compensation payout...
“An NHS Trust has been ordered to pay a man £12,500 in compensation for breaches of the Data Protection Act (DPA) after a nurse unlawfully accessed a man’s medical records, Plymouth County Court has...
View ArticleMissing British boy’s family given new hope with DNA victory – Daily Telegraph
“The family of a British toddler who went missing 20 years ago have won a High Court battle to have his DNA released in a new attempt to trace him.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 17th December 2011...
View ArticleDepartment for Education v Molyneux – WLR daily
Department for Education v Molyneux: [2012] EWCA Civ 193; [2012] WLR (D) 50 “Regulations E33(2A) and E33(3) of the Teachers’ Pensions Regulations 1997, as amended, did not impose an obligation on the...
View ArticleAneurin Bevan Health Board fined £70,000 over data breach – BBC News
“A Welsh health board has become the first NHS body to be fined for breaching the Data Protection Act after it released sensitive data about a patient to the wrong person.” Full story BBC News, 30th...
View ArticleGoogle to be investigated over data cover-up claims – The Guardian
“Google is facing increasing pressure after the information commissioner launched an investigation into claims that it orchestrated a cover-up of its capture of emails, passwords and medical records of...
View ArticleInaccurate records costs NHS body £60,000 for sensitive data breach –...
“A health body has been fined £60,000 after two letters containing ‘confidential and highly sensitive personal data’ about a ‘vulnerable individual’ were sent to the wrong address.” Full story...
View ArticleICO’s ‘pragmatic’ view of outsourcing rules on sensitive personal data...
“The view of the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) that businesses do not require individuals’ ‘explicit consent’ in order to contract others to process their sensitive personal data is in...
View ArticleSpencer v General Osteopathic Council – WLR Daily
Spencer v General Osteopathic Council [2012] EWHC 3147 (Admin); [2012] WLR (D) 314 “The natural meaning of the language in the Osteopaths Act 1993 pointed to a threshold for the finding of...
View ArticleRoyal hoax call could be an ‘offence under UK law’– The Guardian
“The Australian radio DJs who made the hoax call to the hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge was being treated for acute morning sickness could have committed an offence under UK law, a leading...
View ArticleFrom base pairs to the bedside: medical confidentiality in a changing world –...
“This week David Cameron announced plans to introduce whole genome mapping for cancer patients and those with rare diseases within the NHS.” Full story UK Human Rights Blog, 12th December 2012...
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