NHS data breach affects 150,000 patients in England
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-44682369
The NHS is blaming a coding error for 150,000 patients in England being involved in a data breach. Those affected had requested that their confidential health information only be used to help provide them with care. But it appears that there was a problem with the software used by GPs to record objections to the same data being used for research and auditing purposes. As a result, the SystmOne application involved never passed on the request to NHS England’s IT provider. The software’s developer TPP has said it “apologises unreservedly” for the fault. NHS Digital has said it will write to all the patients involved as well as their GPs.
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