‘The mother of a woman who died as an inpatient at a London hospital has lost a High Court challenge against the Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman (PHSO) over its refusal to investigate the loss of her daughter’s medical records.’
Local Government Lawyer, 4th December 2014
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The mother of a young woman who died in hospital is challenging the Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman (PHSO) in the High Court.’
BBC News, 2nd December 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘On 15th October 2014, the Court of Appeal had cause to review the manner in which a claimant might find a claim statute barred by reason of constructive knowledge.’
Zenith PI Blog, 5th November 2014
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘One of the difficulties users and practitioners have with the Data Protection Act 1998 is that there is so little case law on any of the provisions, it can be very hard to know how a court will react to the complicated structure and often unusual factual scenarios which can throw up potential claims. There are two reasons why there is so little case law. First, most damages claims under the DPA go to the County Court, where unless you were in the case it is hard to know that it happened or get hold of a judgment. Secondly, most damages claims are for small sums, which is it is more cost-effective to settle than fight.’
Panopticon, 6th June 2014
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
‘The release of confidential patient details to a state medical institution in the course of her negotiations with a hospital over a lawsuit was an unjustified interference with her right to respect for private life under Article 8.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 30th April 2014
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘The UK’s Information Commissioner Office (ICO) has been asked to investigate whether privacy rules were breached when data collected from hospitals was uploaded to cloud servers operated by Google.’
OUT-LAW.com, 18th March 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
‘New UK legislation will ban the disclosure of aggregated patient medical records for commercial purposes, according to media reports.’
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd March 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A former soldier found hanged gave no indication he was intending to harm himself, an inquest has heard.’
BBC News, 30th January 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Privacy experts have warned that commercial firms will be able to identify people when they are given access to confidential NHS patient data.’
The Independent, 20th January 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The absolute exemption at section 41 extends to information obtained by the public authority the disclosure of which would give to an actionable breach of confidence. Does the obligation of confidence survive the death of the confider? If so, would a breach of that obligation be actionable, even if it is not clear exactly who could bring such an action? These issues arise most notably in the context of medical records. The Upper Tribunal has had something to say on this in two recent decisions.”
Panopticon, 14th November 2013
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
“Two council workers have been suspended and face further disciplinary action following a report that found officials had failed to care for an 81-year-old woman who died after being left without food or medication for nine days.”
The Guardian, 16th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“GP practices could face prosecution under the Data Protection Act if they do not take steps to inform patients that data will be taken from their records and used by the NHS and private companies from this autumn.”
The Independent, 6th August 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Rape victims’ human rights are being infringed by the Crown Prosecution Service handing defence lawyers too much information about their injuries and treatment, a watchdog has said.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st July 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An NHS body has been issued with a £200,000 fine for failing to ensure that sensitive medical information about thousands of patients were deleted from old computers that were sold online.”
OUT-LAW.com, 15th July 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“Five organisations have received coroner’s letters highlighting the ‘disturbing’ death of a woman after paramedics were called to a care home.”
BBC News, 19th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A doctor who worked at Aberystwyth’s Bronglais hospital has been struck off for six months after sending flirtatious texts messages.”
BBC News, 10th May 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The UK’s data protection watchdog has highlighted concerns it has with a new information-sharing initiative that has begun operating in the health sector in England.”
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd April 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“Public health bodies in the UK could be compelled to open themselves up to a
data protection audit by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) under new
plans outlined by the Government.”
OUT-LAW.com, 26th March 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
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