Third time lucky – Caldicott review
This month saw the publication of Dame Fiona Caldicott’s long-awaited review into data security in the NHS. This is the third time Dame Fiona has been asked to produce some recommendations on the subject and...
The sad and joyous end of care.data
Following the Caldicott report, now is not the time to put the issue of the use of data on a back burner, writes James Norman, EMC public sector CIO and Highland Marketing industry advisor It...
Problem solved: Give patients control of their data – Health Service Journal
The failure of Care.data has been largely blamed on a poor communication strategy, but Paul Cooper says it is equally about people’s rationale about what is acceptable when sharing personal data.
Dancing hedges, passionate patients and serious stories: flavours of #Expo14NHS
Too much money is spent on things like reconfiguration and not enough on providing care, said one frustrated NHS England manager, who spoke to me at Manchester’s Health and Care Innovation Expo. Having worked in...
The right to complain – is the NHS hiding behind a smoke screen?
Robert Francis QC said this week that patient advocacy is “more fragmented” than when he investigated the scandal at Mid Staffs. So are people complaining more or are we just more aware of the issues...
Care.data: what price will you pay for our NHS?
In a blog last October, I questioned whether a door drop was an adequate way to inform the public about NHS England’s plans to extract and share confidential patient information. Of concern was the fact...
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