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Confidential Records Lost
Inquiry call over missing NHS records More than 100 health records - almost half of them in NHS Grampian - went missing in Scotland last year. The 104 files included…
Commons report praises current Freedom of Information (FOI) system
Supporters of freedom of information will be relieved, but many of its critics will be disappointed. That is the likely reaction to the new report by the Commons Justice Committee,…
Cheshire council discusses historical document storage
Plans to move Cheshire's historical records to a new building are being discussed by councillors. Most of the records, dating back to the 12th Century, are currently held at the…
Council plans new data policy
A new data protection policy has been approved by a council at the centre of two high profile errors. Last year the salary details of about 900 Dumfries and Galloway…
Patients ‘may have suffered’ as records lost
Cancer patients may have died or suffered complications after a leading hospital lost their medical records and then played down the risk of them missing life-saving treatment, it has been…
Health Trust fined £225,000 over patient records breach
The Belfast Health Trust has been fined £225,000 after thousands of patient records were found abandoned in a disused hospital. The Information Commission imposed the fine because the trust failed…
Patients confidential medical records found dumped beside bins
Medical records were found on the pavement next to a bin in Dundee The notes, with sensitive information on 22 patients from Dundee, Angus and Fife, include names, ages and…
London NHS Trust fined £90,000 for serious data breach
Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) NHS Trust has been fined £90,000 following a serious breach of the Data Protection Act (DPA), the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) announced today. The breach…
Data Protection Act Compliance
If you’re not sure whether you’re compliant with the DPA guidelines, the chances are you won’t be. Here are a few things to look over when examining your data storage…
Managing paper before its too late
Many years ago when the personal computer arrived on our desktops we were told and led to believe that these devices would reduce the amount of paper that was generated…