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£1m to protect patient data



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Published Date: 08 October 2008
SCOTLAND'S NHS boards are to get £1 million to help improve IT security.
Health secretary Nicola Sturgeon said the money would help boards meet a new benchmark for information security. The new rule requires that when mobile devices, such as laptops and memory sticks, are used to store information that can identify patients, the data is encrypted to a new common standard.




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  • Last Updated: 07 October 2008 9:50 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
 
1

Voldemort,

Edinburgh 08/10/2008 00:49:21
Sounds like more money for the administrators and less money to the front line to me.

C'mon SNP don't get dragged into the admin/red tape culture that diverts much needed funds from the front line.

PS:- you are still a breath of fresh air compared to the Labour/Lib Dem corrupt clowns though !
2

Charles Linskaill,

Edinburgh 08/10/2008 02:26:41


What a load of,...'Codswallop'!

For 2years now, we have witnessed all and any 'Data' going missing, and being Lost.


Not Just 'Data', A High Profile Security Officer, had His Car Stolen!

Its Like Watching the,...'Noddy Show'!

"£1m to protect patient data"

'Yer',.....Having A Laugh!,..


Complacency! as we know has, 'No Price' that has cure!
3

Guga II,

Rockall 08/10/2008 04:27:49
Data encryption is going to solve all their problems as, after all, absolutely nobody can crack any form of encryption - at least nobody under the age of five.

4

TimW1234,

Ottawa, Canada 08/10/2008 10:38:07
It seems that confidential medical data is an "open book", as it were, both in Scotland and Canada.

Something has to be done to protect this sensitive medical information since it can affect one's employment, employability, and sense of security that ALL your medical "secrets" aren't being used for underhanded means.

 

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