Patient confidentiality

Prescription couriers not breaking data protection rules, Community Pharmacy Scotland reassures

Pharmacists in Scotland have been reassured that companies delivering their prescriptions will not be breaking new data protection rules.…

Pharmacists need to step up to the challenge of precision medicines, says QuintilesIMS Institute

Pharmacists have an important role to play in understanding precision medicines in order to ensure the right patients receive the right treatments, says Murray Aitken, executive director of the QuintilesIMS Institute.…

ICO report warns pharmacies about data protection breaches

Losing confidential personal data when transferring patient records is one of the data protection breaches committed by community pharmacists, according to the Information Commissioner’s Office’s good practice department.…

Pharmacy2U directors face fitness to practise committee over sale of patient data

The pharmacist directors of online pharmacy company Pharmacy2U have been referred to a General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) fitness-to-practise hearing over allegations relating to the sale of patient data.…

Gaining patient trust over pharmacy access to records

With the roll out of pharmacy access to summary care records, some patients will inevitably express concerns about privacy, but the signs are that patients support this move.…

RPS to review membership following Pharmacy2U investigation

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society will review the membership of any RPS members found guilty of wrongdoing or who have been the subject of a complaint.…

Pharmacy2U fined £130,000 for selling patient data

The online pharmacy company Pharmacy2U has been fined £130,000 for selling details of more than 20,000 of its customers to marketing companies without their knowledge or consent.…

Patient access to medical records: proceed with caution

There are a number of practical issues to consider if patients are to be given full access to their own medical records.…

Discharge summaries must be electronic from October 2016, says NHS England

All discharge summaries for patients transferring from hospitals in England to the care of their GP must be completed electronically from October 2016, as part of new digital standards being introduced by the government.…

Time to limit the damage caused by inaccurate stories about pharmacists accessing medical records

Scaremongering stories from newspapers could damage the trust between pharmacy and the public.…