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		<title>More lax data security</title>
		<link>http://medicalprivacy.wordpress.com/2010/04/07/more-lax-data-security/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 14:58:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been far too long since I updated this blog. It has been reported that as many as 140,000 non medical staff are able to access patient medical records without consent. The Mail Online (link at the bottom) story ran on the 26th March 2010. Part of it stated  “As many as 140,000 non-medical [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medicalprivacy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2414072&amp;post=109&amp;subd=medicalprivacy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Forced consent?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://medicalprivacy.wordpress.com/?p=105</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I meant to put this up ages ago, sorry for the delay.   It would seem that in order to get patients to ‘consent’ to having an electronic record that will in the future be linked up to a national system, some a mental health trust in London has decided to withhold medical treatment from [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medicalprivacy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2414072&amp;post=105&amp;subd=medicalprivacy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Suspected Alcoholics to be targeted?</title>
		<link>http://medicalprivacy.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/suspected-alcoholics-to-be-targeted/</link>
		<comments>http://medicalprivacy.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/suspected-alcoholics-to-be-targeted/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 08:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://medicalprivacy.wordpress.com/?p=103</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I came across this bird brain idea the government has come up with to ‘help’ alcoholics. The idea is that if you are an alcoholic you must get help or have your benefits cut.   So what is the problem? First of all, how do you show the person is an Alcoholic? Are they going [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medicalprivacy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2414072&amp;post=103&amp;subd=medicalprivacy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Now BUPA is to be sent patient data</title>
		<link>http://medicalprivacy.wordpress.com/2009/03/20/now-bupa-is-to-be-sent-patient-data/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:25:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://medicalprivacy.wordpress.com/?p=101</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It seems that some people, or rather NHS trust, are still determined to share patient data. Not only have they decided to go with the implied consent model to share patient data, they have only given patients 15 days to opt-out of it. The idea is to make some patient data available to nurses working [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medicalprivacy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2414072&amp;post=101&amp;subd=medicalprivacy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Clause 152 dropped</title>
		<link>http://medicalprivacy.wordpress.com/2009/03/13/clause-152-dropped/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:59:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://medicalprivacy.wordpress.com/?p=98</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It has been a while since I last posted, so I thought I should post something and it is good news!   The government have dropped something called clause 152 of the Coroners and Justice Bill. This clause had caused a lot of controversy when it was spotted because it was designed to make it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medicalprivacy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2414072&amp;post=98&amp;subd=medicalprivacy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Records Inappropriately accessed</title>
		<link>http://medicalprivacy.wordpress.com/2008/12/04/records-inapropratly-accessed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:54:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>medicalprivacy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://medicalprivacy.wordpress.com/?p=90</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It has been reported that the ECS of patients in Scotland has been accessed without patient consent. It is not kwon how many patients have been affected and when I was listening to the news last night it seems the NHS trust in question (Fife) do not know when the records were accessed or why [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medicalprivacy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2414072&amp;post=90&amp;subd=medicalprivacy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>List of NHS data breaches</title>
		<link>http://medicalprivacy.wordpress.com/2008/11/27/list-of-nhs-data-breaches/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:23:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>medicalprivacy</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[breach of confidentality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Data lost]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://medicalprivacy.wordpress.com/?p=88</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just a quick note to give a link to a list of data breaches by NHS areas/regions (England only). I am not sure if this is all data breaches. Link to word doc: http://www.independent.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00090/dataloss_90125a.doc Link obtained from http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-wellbeing/health-news/catalogue-of-nhs-data-losses-makes-shocking-reading-1035166.html Posted in Uncategorized Tagged: breach of confidentality, Data lost, data security, data theft, lost data, NHS<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medicalprivacy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2414072&amp;post=88&amp;subd=medicalprivacy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Patient rights</title>
		<link>http://medicalprivacy.wordpress.com/2008/11/23/patient-rights/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>medicalprivacy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[dignity]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[patient rights]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://medicalprivacy.wordpress.com/2007/11/17/patient-rights/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As a patient you have the following rights (I have put sources next to most and willing to back the following information up). I will be posting more about this. 1) You can ask for a doctor of the same gender for intimate examinations (source, Strawberry Gardens Medical practice, Morecambe). Even hospitals will allow this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medicalprivacy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2414072&amp;post=13&amp;subd=medicalprivacy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Employer access to medical information</title>
		<link>http://medicalprivacy.wordpress.com/2008/11/22/emploer-access-to-medical-information/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>medicalprivacy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://medicalprivacy.wordpress.com/2007/11/17/emploer-access-to-medical-information/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So what can employers ask you? Quite a lot actually! For example I have had questionnaires that ask  if you have ever had emotional problems, had diarrhoea, vomiting, dysentery, food poising and any other medical problems. In other words if you have seen a GP/nurse for something, you must declare it directly to the employer [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medicalprivacy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2414072&amp;post=10&amp;subd=medicalprivacy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Organ donor plan to be rejected by scientists?</title>
		<link>http://medicalprivacy.wordpress.com/2008/11/14/organ-donor-plan-to-be-rejected-by-scientists/</link>
		<comments>http://medicalprivacy.wordpress.com/2008/11/14/organ-donor-plan-to-be-rejected-by-scientists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:40:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>medicalprivacy</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[expressed consent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[implied consent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opt-out]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://medicalprivacy.wordpress.com/?p=78</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It would seem that the goverment might not be able to go with their implied consent idea for organ donation. Implied consent is something that I am against. Taking an organ from someone on the assumption that they would want it taken is not good and lacks ethics. With expressed consent the doctor and family [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medicalprivacy.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2414072&amp;post=78&amp;subd=medicalprivacy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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