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 Posted: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:30:45 +0000 Post subject: PULSE: MPs told of new patient record breaches |
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http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=23&storycode=4117553&c=1
| Quote: | The Government is under pressure to tighten security over electronic patient records after the chair of the health select committee warned that abuses were occurring more widely than he had anticipated.
Labour MP Kevin Barron demanded tougher action after telling MPs of two new incidents – reported to him by the GPC – in which NHS personnel had accessed patient information without being authorised to do so.
The demand comes after a Pulse investigation showed serious weaknesses in controls over access to patient data, with more than 4,000 NHS smartcards already missing and one in 10 trusts admitting they had no idea how many cards had been lost or stolen.
The national rollout of the Summary Care Record is to take place this year and speaking during a debate over the committee’s inquiry into the rollout, Mr Barron revealed examples where NHS workers breaching security controls had gone unpunished. |
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