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NHS misses data-encryption target
News NHS trusts will not have completed encrypting patients' personal data held on their computers until later this year. That means data will not be fully protected until 10 months after NHS chief executive David Nicholson asked trusts to make the...
[June 25, 2008, 9:01]
NHS patient data 'insecure', says group
News The Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR), a non-profit group, argued that the NHS' patient-data strategy is fundamentally flawed, and is likely to leave personal information increasingly insecure.
[February 5, 2003, 10:44]
NHS addresses Euro data-sharing concerns
News Despite the fact that participating member states would be responsible for their own security in accessing other countries' systems, "the NHS in England will not allow personal data to be transferred unless there is an equivalent security regime...
[February 7, 2007, 14:42]
Data protection breached by five NHS trusts
News Five NHS trusts — Royal Free Hampstead, Chelsea and Westminster, Hampshire Partnership, Surrey and Sussex, and Epsom and St Helier — have signed formal undertakings to process personal data legally in future, the Information Commissioner's Office...
[July 16, 2009, 9:40]
NHS patient data sold on eBay
News An NHS trust is investigating how one of its hard drives containing confidential information was sold online. The Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust is trying to find out how one of its computers full of confidential medical information was sold...
[September 17, 2007, 14:18]
ICO 'increasingly concerned' about NHS data safety
News The Information Commissioner's Office says it is 'increasingly concerned' about the NHS's protection of data as it takes action against Camden Primary Care Trust. Mick Gorrill, assistant information commissioner, said: "Individuals must feel...
[March 27, 2009, 8:48]
NHS loses patients' data on USB drive
News The reputation of the NHS for securely holding information has suffered a further blow after the loss of another 4,000 medical and personal details came to light on Friday. The details, which also included NHS numbers and details of GPs, was on a...
[January 18, 2008, 14:59]
NHS EMIS - Intel? Xeon? processors Transform National Healthcare Supplier's Data CentreNHS EMIS - Intel? Xeon? processors Transform National Healthcare Supplier's Data Centre
White Papers EMIS primary care systems host over 39 million electronic patient records (EPRs) in total, equating to 250 terrabytes of data. EMIS is the UK's leading IT supplier in primary healthcare. As the market segment leader for general practice systems, it...
[September 28, 2009, 16:56]
NHS trusts face independent data-handling audits
News NHS trusts are being urged to introduce independent auditors to make sure they are keeping to guidelines for their handling of patient data. Winfield acknowledged it would take time to encrypt all personal data on NHS computers but said trusts were...
[July 8, 2008, 9:03]
More patient data lost
Blog The Manchester Evening News is reporting that yet more NHS data has been lost, following on from last week's revelations of a lost NHS USB data stick. After media reports of the lost Stockton data stick, a student in Greater Manchester realised...
[January 23, 2008, 14:51]
Privacy watchdog cracks down on NHS breaches
News The Information Commissioner's Office is putting pressure on the NHS to improve data security at its facilities, following a string of breaches. According to ICO figures, there have been 140 data breaches reported by the NHS since November 2007.
[May 26, 2009, 16:32]
Tories vow to publish more data online
News Cameron said a similar system would be established for NHS data. A Conservative government would place information online about government jobs, NHS performance and performance of local services, and then let the public request further datasets.
[June 26, 2009, 12:45]
NHS loses thousands of smartcards
Blog The NHS insists the risk to patient data is minimal, as the cards are a form of two-factor authentication - you have to enter a six figure PIN to access a terminal. The BBC reports that NHS staff have lost at least 4,147 of the cards, which give...
[February 6, 2008, 16:36]
Government concedes opt out of NHS database
News The government is investing at least £6bn over the next nine years to update the NHS' IT systems, including putting patient data from the hospital and GP computer systems into a centralised database, which can be accessed by health professionals...
[June 17, 2005, 17:20]
NHS rolls out mammoth email system
News But some NHS IT experts are concerned about the system, given the sensitivity of the data the service will carry. People who want to get hold of sensitive data, like private investigators, ring up staff within the NHS pretending to be someone who...
[December 10, 2002, 15:33]
NHS picks BT for massive broadband network
News The New National Network (N3) aims to bring significant benefits to the NHS, making vital patient data more easily available and letting doctors send high-resolution images such as X-rays quickly between sites.
[February 19, 2004, 12:20]
NHS denies privacy risk over smartcard sharing
News NHS Connecting for Health has admitted that smartcards were shared between staff at a Warwickshire hospital, but denied that this compromised the confidentiality of patient data. On Thursday, Connecting for Health (CfH) — the NHS department...
[February 2, 2007, 10:40]
Government plans key role for IT in health services
News This will ensure, for example, that data used in caring for children, young people and mothers is available for use in the NHS Care Record and the data spine system. The programme will involve education authorities, social services and the NHS.
[September 16, 2004, 16:05]
This is not the whole truth
Talkback See 'NHS Care Record data safety fears grow', Pulse, 12/11/07: http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/story.asp? Any private company or organisation can apply to the Patient Information Advisory Group (PIAG) for access to SUS data as, for example, has UK...
[September 23, 2008, 14:57]
Specialist Women's Healthcare Provider Implements New Information Management System
White Papers Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust is England's largest specialist women's healthcare provider. The Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust decided to implement a complete infrastructure upgrade. The number of servers storing data rose and...
[May 31, 2008, 1:01]
