Dame Fiona Caldicott obituary
by Georgina Ferry from on (#5FEXS)
Public safeguarder of patients' confidential information following a career as a mental health consultant
The invasion of information technology into healthcare brought the ancient principle of confidentiality between doctor and patient into conflict with opportunities to store and share data collectively.
Fiona Caldicott, who has died aged 80, devoted the last 25 years of her life to resolving this issue within the UK National Health Service. She chaired three government reviews of information governance and in 2014 became the first National Data Guardian, appointed to advise and challenge the health and care system to help ensure that citizens' confidential information is safeguarded securely and used properly".
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