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DWP says it has no evidence over suicide probe guidance being weakened

DWP says it has no evidence over suicide probe guidance being weakened
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What will happen if doctors can't use WhatsApp?

Changes in UK law pose a threat to the security of messaging apps—and therefore their use in the NHS. Patient care will suffer, reports Stephen Armstrong

On 13 March 2020 an intensive care specialist sent out a 15 point warning to doctors about the arrival of covid-19: “You will not recognise or prepare fast enough for the sudden influx of critically ill patients, and they will keep coming. Do not underestimate the imminent demise in [patients] . . . very rapid demise . . . 2 metres apart in canteen, stagger breaks. Once you see community spread . . . all health staff wear masks.”

Hundreds of NHS staff received these instructions, which were first prepared by a US doctor on the advice of an intensive care specialist in Lombardy, Italy. The warning wasn’t delivered by official memo, a team pep talk, or NHS email. It came through WhatsApp.

Mike Grocott, professor of anaesthesia and critical care medicine at the University of Southampton, was a member of four NHS related WhatsApp groups at the time, some with the maximum number of members. He remembers seeing valuable, probably lifesaving, advice about intubation and the possible symptoms or risks arising daily.

In March 2020 as the pandemic took hold, NHS England, the Information Commissioner’s Office, the National Data Guardian, and NHS Digital officially allowed clinicians to use messaging services such as WhatsApp “where the benefits outweighed the risk”—reversing years of caution about their use in patient care—provided that the apps used encryption.1 NHS England latest advice from December 2022 continues that policy, advising healthcare workers to use two step verification and to disable message notifications on the lock screen.2

And yet two recent pieces of legislation—one passed, one pending—threaten the use of any end-to-end encrypted messaging (see box) in the …

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New NHS software to improve care for millions of patients | NHS England

The NHS will roll out new software from spring next year to deliver better joined-up care for millions of patients, help tackle waiting lists and reduce hospital discharge delays.

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Palantir: David Davis MP raises privacy concerns over potential NHS data contract

Conservative MP David Davis has raised concerns in Parliament about the possibility that a multimillion pound contract for the NHS Federated Data Platform England could be awarded to US data mining firm Palantir.

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NHS to hold 'national conversations' with public over patient data use – PublicTechnology

Health service is to host a series of major ‘engagement’ events over the course of the next 18 months to gather feedback on issues including the controversial Federated Data Platform

Over the next 18 months the NHS is planning to run a programme of “national conversations” with the aim of better

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NHS England launches £2m patient engagement campaign over use of GP records

NHS England has initiated a £2 million campaign aimed at actively involving patients in discussions about how their data will be utilised, including its use within the £480 million (Federated Data Platform) FDP project.

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Leveraging NHS Data for Enhanced Healthcare Services

Leveraging NHS Data for Enhanced Healthcare Services
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Using NHS data to improve healthcare

Professor Sir Chris Whitty writes for The Times on how using data effectively and safely can improve patient care and bolster research

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ICO to review period and fertility tracking apps as poll shows more than half of women are concerned over data security | Information Commissioner's Office

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is reviewing period and fertility apps as new figures show more than half of women have concerns over data security

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NHS England needs to address bidding process – Channel EYE

NHS England needs to address bidding process – Channel EYE
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