This has become even more urgent, with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). NHS departments will be obliged to analyse their digital functions, including processes for the storage, security, ...

NHS England had claimed that it has all the necessary controls in place, although data protection watchdog the Information Commissioner’s Office has revealed concerns about aspects of the plan.

The NHS must make “much more use of technology”, the Prime Minister has insisted amid concerns about plans to share patient data in the NHS. New laws are set to be introduced to make patient records ...

The UK's data protection watchdog has levied its first fine against an NHS organisation, after a Welsh hospital accidentally sent a patient's health details to the wrong person.The Information ...

If the government doesn’t provide mandatory data protection privacy checks soon it faces being taken to court ...

Campaigners are rightly concerned that the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill winding its way through Parliament will, if passed, undermine many of the current protections for our ...

Read more about data security in the healthcare sector The Information Commissioner’s Office now has the right to audit NHS authorities to ensure they comply with the Data Protection Act.

An NHS Trust broke the law by sharing sensitive patient records with Google's DeepMind division, the UK's data watchdog has ruled. The long-awaited decision falls in line with the conclusion drawn ...

And the legal document, the data protection impact assessment (DPIA), outlining how the app handles people’s data also refers to the system as anonymous.

NHS Trusts across the UK appear to vary hugely in the amount of investment they make in cyber security and data protection training for staff. Some spent as little as £238 in the last 12 months.

An NHS trust with more than half a million patients each year has been found to be ‘in breach’ of a data protection law. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust - which manages Stepping Hill Hospital ...

UK Starmer insists NHS must make better use of tech amid data protection concerns Proposed new laws will make patient records available across all NHS hospitals, GP surgeries and ambulance ...