Eleven years ago I was asked to write apiece in The Guardianabout the risks of hidden data in spreadsheets. At the time, as many of you will remember, these sort of incidents were prevalent in councils and the NHS. I called for the ICO to do more to warn, and, in fairness, they di...
15 The Drug Administration lists 230 drugs, and nurses can prescribe medication for patients with 60 indications (the table is revised annually). To guarantee safety, the government has promulgated a series of laws about indications of drug use. For some patients with indications, district nurses ...
“Leather Inside Out” – currently in administration), and the charity itself. The claim is advanced against the charity, but also against the charity’s founder and two trustees, who are said on the claim form to be controllers of the claimant’s data, in addition to, or jointly with,...
The cost of medication and the cost of treatment are not the same thing for multiple sclerosis Only two decades ago, patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) had no specific treatment and were managed with symptom control, physiotherapy, psychosocial support and, if necessary, disability aids. The ...
For now, the TL;DR of this post is that the “NHS Baby Number” schtick from the Labour Party seems to be as much of a (although maybe a different) grubby data grab as it was nine years ago when I last wrote about it. There’s a lot that the ICO could, and should, do about...