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UK Data Protection & Privacy

Why now? On 7 October, BBC UK reported that a watchdog and critics raised concerns over the reliability of NHS medical records.

3reports in 14 days
2sources
11days active

In 30 seconds

  • Watchdog and critics question the reliability of NHS medical records (BBC UK, 7 Oct).
  • Earlier: NHS trusts were ordered to suspend staff over unauthorized records access (30 Sep).
  • Related: NHS data security was reassessed after reports of an FBI hack (27 Sep).

Catch me up

In 20 seconds
  1. On 27 September, NHS data chiefs reassessed security after reports of an FBI hack.
  2. On 30 September, the NHS ordered trusts to suspend staff over unauthorized access to records.
  3. On 7 October, a watchdog and critics raised concerns over the reliability of NHS medical records.

Where things stand

Concerns over NHS medical records are the latest development, and the reports give no details yet on any official response.

The stories behind it

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NHS medical records reliability concerns raised Detected · 1 report · 1 source · latest 2 hr ago
NHS suspends staff over unauthorized records access · 1 report · 1 source · latest 7 days ago

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