Tag: Jeremy Hunt

Feb272017 by <a href="www.manisha.contently.com">Manisha Ganguly</a>No Comments

Jeremy Hunt summoned to Commons on misplacement of NHS patient data

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Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt is being questioned to reveal if he was aware of the misplacement of sensitive patient information Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, has been summoned to the House of Commons today to be questioned urgently by Jon Ashworth, Shadow Secretary for Health, regarding the loss of more than half a million patient data records of the NHS, according to the Labour Whips. The misplacement of sensitive patient data, reported by the Guardian today morning, was first uncovered by the NHS in March of last year but kept under wraps. The patient records, mislaid by the contracted private company under NHS Shared Business Services (SBS) to ensure their delivery, were mistakenly stored in a warehouse between 2011-2016, causing one of the biggest data mishaps in NHS’ 69-year histo

Mar172016 by <a href="davidgreggblog.wordpress.com">David Gregg</a>No Comments

Jeremy Hunt’s media meetings revealed

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Jeremy Hunt had eight meeting with senior media figures between October and December, a period that coincided with escalating industrial action by junior doctors. These media figures included: Fraser Nelson, Editor of The Spectator; Amol Rajan, Editor of The Independent; Tony Hall, Director-General of the BBC and Tony Gallagher, Editor of The Sun. Additional meetings are known to have occurred with the editorial teams at BBC News, The Daily Telegraph, The Mail on Sunday and The Daily Mail. Hunt also attended the BBC Proms twice with his wife, courtesy of complementary tickets on both occasions. Hunt's eight media meetings over three months contrast sharply with a total of zero meetings over the previous nine months. The meeting and hospitality were revealed in the latest rele

Feb172016 by Keiran DuddenNo Comments

Tales of exodus: Talk at the junior doctors strike

Health

Junior doctors are currently on the picket line but many could soon be enjoying the Australian sunshine. Dr Mathew Stone is on strike. He is one of around two dozen people stood holding placards in the cold drizzle waving at tooting horns from cars on the adjacent road. The conversation between this small group of doctors skips between two topics: the contract and Australia. As they speak through scarves and hoods, the temperature across the coast of New South Wales creeps over 20°C, there is a 0% chance of rain. Dr Stone has a plane ticket to Sydney leaving in three weeks. Lewisham University Hospital is not an attractive building. Dr Stone’s broad shoulders silhouette its hard industrial edges as the steam dances from his white polystyrene cup. It begins to rain and he reaches in