NHS staff will be required to seek patients' consent before accessing electronic medical records - The Guardian 18th September 2008

NHS staff are to be required to seek patients' specific consent before reading their electronic medical records under tougher rules to protect confidentiality due to be unveiled today. The government is pressing ahead with plans to upload the records of 50 million patients in England on to a national database known as the Spine. They will contain a summary of key personal data including allergies and current medications.

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