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A legal action has been launched in the High Court over the practice of data sharing between hospitals and the Home Office, it has emerged.
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The London Borough of Lewisham has threatened the Health Secretary with legal action unless he retracts plans to downgrade Lewisham Hospital.
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The number of new data protection enforcement cases taken on by the Information Commissioner’s Office in 2012/13 has surged by almost 50% compared to the whole of the previous year – with three months still to go, it has emerged.
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The number of people detained under the Mental Health Act increased by 5% in 2011/12 to 48,631, the Care Quality Commission has revealed.
Read more: CQC reveals rise in Mental Health Act detentions, community treatment orders