Assisted suicide: GMC signals doctors safe to provide medical records to...
“Doctors will be able to provide medical records to patients who want them to travel abroad for an assisted suicide without being struck off, new guidelines make clear for the first time.” Full story...
View ArticleSale of personal gene data condemned as ‘unethical and dangerous’– The Guardian
“Private firms will soon be able to buy people’s medical and genetic data without their consent and, in certain cases, acquire personal information that might enable them to identify individuals.” Full...
View ArticlePlans to give ICO power to conduct compulsory data protection audits in NHS...
“Public health bodies in the UK could be compelled to open themselves up to a data protection audit by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) under new plans outlined by the Government.” Full...
View ArticleDoctors inform ICO of concerns over new medical data sharing scheme –...
“The UK’s data protection watchdog has highlighted concerns it has with a new information-sharing initiative that has begun operating in the health sector in England.” Full story OUT-LAW.com, 3rd April...
View ArticleAberystwyth doctor six-month ban for ‘flirting’ texts – BBC News
“A doctor who worked at Aberystwyth’s Bronglais hospital has been struck off for six months after sending flirtatious texts messages.” Full story BBC News, 10th May 2013 Source: www.bbc.co.uk
View ArticleCall for resuscitation clarity after ‘disturbing’ death – BBC News
“Five organisations have received coroner’s letters highlighting the ‘disturbing’ death of a woman after paramedics were called to a care home.” Full story BBC News, 19th June 2013 Source: www.bbc.co.uk
View ArticleNHS body fined £200,000 for data destruction failings – OUT-LAW.com
“An NHS body has been issued with a £200,000 fine for failing to ensure that sensitive medical information about thousands of patients were deleted from old computers that were sold online.” Full story...
View Article‘Bullying’ nurses guilty of misconduct – Daily Telegraph
“Two ‘bullying’ former nurses at Stafford hospital have been found guilty of misconduct after faking casualty records in order to meet waiting time targets.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 24th July 2013...
View ArticleRape victims let down by CPS, says watchdog – Daily Telegraph
“Rape victims’ human rights are being infringed by the Crown Prosecution Service handing defence lawyers too much information about their injuries and treatment, a watchdog has said.” Full story Daily...
View ArticleGP surgeries must inform patients about data plan – or face legal action –...
“GP practices could face prosecution under the Data Protection Act if they do not take steps to inform patients that data will be taken from their records and used by the NHS and private companies from...
View ArticleCouncil staff face action after report into care of woman left to starve –...
“Two council workers have been suspended and face further disciplinary action following a report that found officials had failed to care for an 81-year-old woman who died after being left without food...
View ArticleConfidentiality of medical information after patient’s death: two new Upper...
“The absolute exemption at section 41 extends to information obtained by the public authority the disclosure of which would give to an actionable breach of confidence. Does the obligation of confidence...
View ArticlePatients will be identifiable when firms are given access to confidential NHS...
‘Privacy experts have warned that commercial firms will be able to identify people when they are given access to confidential NHS patient data.’ Full story The Independent, 20th January 2014 Source:...
View ArticleLee Bonsall inquest: Coroner calls for mental health review – BBC News
‘A former soldier found hanged gave no indication he was intending to harm himself, an inquest has heard.’ Full story BBC News, 30th January 2014 Source: www.bbc.co.uk
View ArticleNew law to prevent sale of health data for commercial purposes – OUT-LAW.com
‘New UK legislation will ban the disclosure of aggregated patient medical records for commercial purposes, according to media reports.’ Full story OUT-LAW.com, 3rd March 2014 Source: www.out-law.com
View ArticlePrivacy groups raise complaint with ICO over cloud-stored data from hospital...
‘The UK’s Information Commissioner Office (ICO) has been asked to investigate whether privacy rules were breached when data collected from hospitals was uploaded to cloud servers operated by Google.’...
View ArticleDisclosure of medical records breached patient’s human rights – Strasbourg –...
‘The release of confidential patient details to a state medical institution in the course of her negotiations with a hospital over a lawsuit was an unjustified interference with her right to respect...
View Article‘Do not resuscitate’ orders are failing patients, judges told – Daily Telegraph
‘Human rights watchdog joins family of patient in attempt to clarify rules over whether doctors must consult the seriously ill before deciding whether to resuscitate them.’ Full story Daily Telegraph,...
View ArticleData Protection and Child Protection – Panopticon
‘One of the difficulties users and practitioners have with the Data Protection Act 1998 is that there is so little case law on any of the provisions, it can be very hard to know how a court will react...
View ArticleLimitation: Constructive Knowledge re-visited. Howard Platt –v- BRB...
‘On 15th October 2014, the Court of Appeal had cause to review the manner in which a claimant might find a claim statute barred by reason of constructive knowledge.’ Full story Zenith PI Blog, 5th...
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