| Abstract: | The Data Protection Bill, which provides individuals the right of access to computerized data about themselves while preventing unauthorized disclosure of information, passed Britain's House of Commons at its third reading and returned to the House of Lords. Among the amendments added to the controversial legislation was one concerning the transfer of medical information to agencies outside the health system. After extensive lobbying by the medical community, the government agreed that a code of practice governing disclosure of medical data recently developed by an interprofessional working group should apply in principle to computerized records. |
