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Thousands of medical care records left in abandoned nursing home

Business Compliance by Lee Peart on April 10, 2019

A BBC investigation has found thousands of medical care records left unsecured in an abandoned Hampshire care home.

ICO issues final warning to care homes failing to pay data protection fee

Business Compliance by Lee Peart on December 18, 2018

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has begun enforcement action against care homes that have failed to pay the data protection

Person Centred Software partners with PrivacyTrust on GDPR

Best Practice Business Business Practice Care Planning Systems Compliance Equipment Innovation Solutions by Lee Peart on October 5, 2018

Person Centred Software has partnered with PrivacyTrust to ensure its care home customers receive the latest information about keeping on

New data management and control rules to come into force

Business Compliance by Lee Peart on May 23, 2018

New rules on how health and social care organisations manage and control data come into force this week. The General

SOTI provides apetito data protection

Best Practice Business Business Practice Equipment Food and Nutrition Information technology Innovation Security Solutions by Lee Peart on September 11, 2017

Leading care home meals provider apetito has chosen SOTI MobiControl to protect business data on its mobile devices. MobiControl’s data

Nurse director Carey Bloomer left and Katie Thorn

Care provider plays key information governance role

Best Practice Business Care home groups Care homes with nursing Compliance Operators by Lee Peart on September 6, 2017

A Shropshire care operator has played a key role in the development of guidelines for data sharing in the care sector. Marches Care, which owns and runs the Uplands care home and Uplands Day Centre

Northern Ireland nursing home fined after patient details stolen

Business Compliance Crime by Lee Peart on August 31, 2016

A nursing home in Northern Ireland has been fined £15,000 after a laptop containing sensitive information was stolen. The fine