Steve Barclay ‘open to’ Scottish and Welsh NHS patients requesting care in England | NHS

[ad_1] Welsh and Scottish patients who are waiting for treatment on lengthy NHS lists could request care on the health service in England, Steve Barclay has said. The health secretary invited ministers from the devolved administrations to discuss different approaches taken to address the record backlogs. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said […]

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Scottish NHS trust ducks fine after staff shared patient data via WhatsApp

[ad_1] NHS Lanarkshire has been issued a reprimand by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after 26 staff at the trust used a WhatsApp group to share patient data, including names, phone numbers and addresses, on over 500 occasions between April 2020 and April 2022. Staff at the trust, which oversees three hospitals near Glasgow […]