Health record privacy in Scotland


On 25th February Prof Ross Anderson gave a talk on Health record privacy in Scotland; it includes a useful history and summary of medical privacy in England too. His slides (pptx format) and talk (MP3 audio) are available online.

In the talk he reminds us that English GPs will be obliged to upload informtion about all their pateients to the NHS’s centralised systems from 1st April 2013.

If you’re interested in these issues, save April 24th in your diary; there will be a big medical privacy event in London organised by a number of NGOs.