Government says independent review will focus on the balance between protecting patients' health and social care information and sharing to improve patient care Dame Fiona Caldicott will lead the government's review into confidentiality and the sharing of health and social care information, the Department of Health has announced. The review will look at the balance between protecting patients' confidential information against the need for sharing to improve patient care. The review comes on the back of the NHS Future Forum's recommendation in January for a review. Caldicott is known...
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