The UK's data protection watchdog has levied its first fine against an NHS organisation, after a Welsh hospital accidentally sent a patient's health details to the wrong person. The Information ...

Pat Langley explains the dangers practices can encounter with GDPR and data protection, and how they can stay safe.

This paper is for the Board’s information to provide an overview of the NHS OpenSAFELY Data Analytics Service Pilot Directions 2025 (Directions) issued to NHS England in June 2025 by the Secretary of ...

NHS patient data in England will be shared with third parties for research and planning purposes, fueling concerns about privacy and security, it has been reported today. The Financial Times revealed ...

Alban Collas, examines how intelligent document scanning technology ensures exceptional image quality, airtight security, and ...

The word ‘cybersecurity’ doesn’t appear once in the government’s 171 page ‘fit for the future’ NHS plan. Going forward the ...

A coalition comprising medical organisations, privacy campaigns and a Conservative MP, supported by tech justice specialists Foxglove, is preparing to embark on legal action against the government to ...

To get a doctor’s appointment in the U.K. these days, you have to entrust more of your data to private companies — and there’s not a great deal you can do about it. In part due to growing pressure ...

The NHS has apologised following a data breach at a company that provided wheelchairs. NHS Humber & North Yorkshire ...

The public remains largely unaware that their GP records will soon be made available to third parties through an NHS data-sharing initiative. With this in mind, we are calling on the government to ...