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Caldicott 2 The Information Governance Review: The final chance to get it right?

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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May 14 2013

Dame Fiona Caldicott is right when she observes confusion and a lack of clarity when it comes to sharing information - often to the detriment of

Preventable breach - vulnerable person’s medical records sent to the wrong address

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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August 7 2012

St George’s Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust faces a significant penalty fine of £60,000 after sending a vulnerable individual’s medical results to the wrong address

A London NHS trust fined £90,000 for serious data breach

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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June 13 2012

The Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust has been fined £90,000 for a serious breach of the Data Protection Act

Disclosure of serious incident investigation reports and supporting evidence

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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September 28 2012

Internal investigations into serious incidents within a healthcare setting are now a routine part NHS governance

NHS patients withhold information from doctors for fear of data breaches

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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November 8 2011

New research has indicated that NHS patients in the UK may withhold information from their doctors and put off treatment as they fear their confidentiality might be compromised by data breaches

Data security blunders NHS worst offender!

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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September 10 2009

The Information Commissioner (IC) has issued another warning to NHS bodies that they must take more security measures to safeguard sensitive personal data

Department of Health issues guidance for access to health records requests

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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March 9 2010

The Department of Health has issued guidance covering requests for access to health records of both living and deceased patients

Fines of up to £500,000 in the future for serious breaches of the Data Protection Act

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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December 7 2009

The Ministry of Justice has started a consultation on the level of fines that should be imposed on those who commit serious breaches of the Data Protection Act 1998 (the Act

Care Quality Commission ‘Code of Practice on confidential personal information'

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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February 16 2011

The Care Quality Commission's (CQC) Code of Practice on confidential personal information establishes principles by which the CQC will obtain, use and dispose of confidential personal information

Information Commissioner uses his power to fine

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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December 10 2010

In April 2010 the Information Commissioner (IC) was granted the authority to impose financial penalties for data protection breaches

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