If the day has a 'y' in it then I guarantee that policy-makers and experts somewhere across Whitehall and Westminster are meeting to plot a way through the stalemate otherwise known as the 'use of health data.' That is: how we are going to use my and everyone else's medical records to make people better now and in … Continue reading From A to B on using medical records to help people get better
Caldicott
Partridge Review’s elegant demolition of past practice on personal data offers opportunity for fresh start with the public
Sir Nick Partridge's review published today, of data releases by the NHS Information Centre, is an elegant demolition of all that has gone before in the way in which medical records have been commoditised and shared with public and private sector organisations. Everyone should read it. I am sure that many better informed people than I … Continue reading Partridge Review’s elegant demolition of past practice on personal data offers opportunity for fresh start with the public
Caldicott 2 public evidence sessions
If you are looking for Olympics-mayhem avoidance strategies then what better than taking the opportunity to share your views on Information Governance. My good colleagues at INVOLVE have reminded me to remind you, that Caldicott's remaining public workshops will take place on 8 August in Birmingham and on 22 August in Oxford. The one in Leeds today was … Continue reading Caldicott 2 public evidence sessions
My key points to the ‘Caldicott 2’ Review of Information Governance earlier today
Actually that's not quite true because, as is not uncommon with these things, the evidence session I attended today was more of a discussion, and a very good one it was too. But I did more or less cover the following points. At the end we were asked to express one wish about what happens … Continue reading My key points to the ‘Caldicott 2’ Review of Information Governance earlier today
Simon Denegri's Lay Review 