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The health service needs to do more to keep patients’ personal information secure, the Information Commissioner said last week. The warning comes as the ICO finds a further five health organisations in breach of the Data Protection Act.  Information Commissioner, Christopher Graham, said: “The health service holds some of the most sensitive personal information of any sector in the UK. Millions of records are constantly being accessed
and we appreciate that there will be occasions where human error occurs. But recent incidents such as the loss of laptops at NHS North Central London - which we are currently investigating - suggest that the security of data remains a systemic problem.

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