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Unauthorised access to medical records
- RPC
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- United Kingdom
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- October 18 2012
In Grinyer v Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust 2011 the court considered the effects of an employee’s unauthorised access to medical records, and suitable damages under the Data Protection Act
NHS Trust faces record fine for breach of the Data Protection Act
- RPC
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- United Kingdom
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- March 20 2012
In January 2012, Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust received a notice from the Information Commissioner imposing a fine of £375,000 following the theft of computer hard drives full of patient and staff information
Release of patient records without consent
- RPC
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- United Kingdom
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- December 16 2011
In a recent case in the Administrative Court, the General Dental Council sought permission to use and disclose the dental records of 14 patients and former patients of a registered dentist (X
National database for patient’s records
- RPC
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- United Kingdom
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- April 14 2010
The NHS is moving steadily towards a national database of centrally held patient records
The Department of Health consults on draft regulations on disclosure of information held by the HFEA
- RPC
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- United Kingdom
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- November 30 2009
The Department of Health has launched draft regulations establishing a process for authorising the disclosure of information retained by the HFEA
GMC’s new guidance on confidentiality comes into force
- RPC
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- United Kingdom
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- November 30 2009
On 12 October 2009, the GMC’s new guidance on confidentiality (as mentioned in last month’s Update) came into force
