More than 150,000 people have had their personal information handled by England’s Test and Trace scheme since it was hurriedly launched on May 28 – 36 days ago. However, the government has failed to ...

The U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office — a nondepartmental public body that reports to the Parliament — ruled London-based Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust failed to comply with the U.K. Data ...

NHS England urges use of AI notetaking tools to cut admin, boost clinician time with patients, and improve care ...

Companies in the UK are doing a great job at data protection but compliance in the NHS and local government sectors is a bit shakier, the Information Commissioner's Office has said. The privacy ...

The NHS should provide a trusted repository for patients’ personal data – but, sadly, this is not always the case. The past few years have seen numerous examples of NHS organisations losing data, ...

NHS England is to delay by six months the roll-out of its controversial Care.data scheme for sharing patient records through a central database. An NHS England spokesman said the delay was to “allow ...

NHS England has published a self-certified registry for national ambient voice technology (AVT) suppliers to show evidence of compliance.

Shortcomings in patient data privacy have been found by the ICO on a case involving the Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust’s use of Google DeepMind. In a statement, the ICO said that the Royal Free NHS ...

The NHS has confirmed that it will introduce a significant change that could help 'free up' face-to-face care for patients.

Update, 8 June 2016: We have updated this story to include new information from the Memorandum of Understanding between Royal Free and DeepMind obtained by New Scientist yesterday. Three weeks ago, ...

An NHS trust with more than half a million patients each year has been found to be ‘in breach’ of a data protection law. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust - which manages Stepping Hill Hospital - was ...

More than 300 data breach incidents have been recorded at the North East Ambulance Service in the past three years, figures show.