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The new, centralised NHS patient records database could be vulnerable to hackers and used to identify patients, according to leaked Privacy Impact Assessment documents from the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), the quango responsible for implementing the project.
Furthermore, the organisation tacitly admits that public confidence in the NHS could be damaged and that it could encourage patients to withhold critical information from their doctors out of fear that it is no longer confidential.
The extraction of information from GPs' surgeries will begin in March and, although patients can sign forms to opt out of the process, it is unclear exactly how far this opt out extends.
http://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/news...-two-million-serious-data-breaches-since-2011
Furthermore, the organisation tacitly admits that public confidence in the NHS could be damaged and that it could encourage patients to withhold critical information from their doctors out of fear that it is no longer confidential.
The extraction of information from GPs' surgeries will begin in March and, although patients can sign forms to opt out of the process, it is unclear exactly how far this opt out extends.
http://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/news...-two-million-serious-data-breaches-since-2011