NHS patients will be allowed to delete electronic summaries of their treatment records from a new national medical database, the Guardian has learned. The decision represents a significant concession in data protection policy following talks between health service officials and the Information Commissioners' Office.Source: The GuardianUntil recently the Department of Health had resisted pressure from sceptical patients and doctors critical of the security risks generated by confidential records being transmitted across the NHS broadband computer network known as the Spine.
