Tories offer NHS IT rescue plan after major patient data losses
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Propose switch to decentralised, interoperable databases The Tory party has put forward a rescue plan for the NHS IT system in the wake of the latest government data losses, which were revealed over the weekend. Nine English NHS trusts have owned up to large scale losses of personal data, and although in most cases the nature of this data has yet to be revealed, City &amp; Hackney Primary Care Trust reportedly mislaid the names and addresses of 160,000 children.â¦
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A software upgrade caused some 40,000 computers to crash at the UK government&#39;s Department for Work and Pensions last week. The crash of the Windows-based systems took most of the department&#39;s computers offline for five working days.
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The UK government says that its U.S. contractor lost a hard drive with personal data on 3 million drivers in training.
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The final cost of modernising NHS IT systems could top Â£18.6bn - three times the declared figure, according to reports.
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Electronic Data Systems has admitted that an error by one of its computer operators during a Microsoft Windows upgrade caused 40,000 PCs at the United Kingdom&#39;s Department of Work and Pensions to crash last month.
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Massive computer failure at the Department for Work and Pensions may affect some benefit claims, says the government. Are you affected?
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The government announces proposals to improve patient safety as a study finds current safeguards are failing.
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Department responsible for collecting taxes, administering other services, admits another data loss.
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The personal details of up to 600,000 people were lost when a Royal Navy officer's laptop was stolen in the latest embarrassment to hit British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
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The Tories are setting out plans to hand day-to-day control of the NHS to an independent board.
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The first patients' electronic records are uploaded to the NHS online database, part of a Â£12bn IT project.
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Mr Cameron brought the Conservative conference to a close David Cameron has said the NHS is safe in his hands as he brought the annual Conservative conference to an end.Comment
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The government said Thursday it had recovered a Veterans Affairs Department subcontractor's lost desktop computer containing personal data for 16,000 veterans.
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Data on 37 million Brits mislaid Last year was the worst ever for data losses in the UK, with almost 37 million people having their private data compromised.â¦
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Computer engineers were at a loss last night to explain why the Government had been hit by arguably the worst electronic meltdown in the history of Whitehall.
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The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has suffered what has been described as the biggest computer crash in government history after a software upgrade.
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Better planning and more consultation needed The Electronic Patient Record project needs better planning, more consultation and a new timetable, say MPs.â¦