Kafico Ltd

Some of the controls that make a system safe are not built into the technology at all. They are things the practice is expected to do. Our general practices are becoming increasingly digital and they are now using AI scribes and online consultation tools to automated document processing, clinical decision support and prescribing systems. Many of these developments offer opportunities to reduce administrative burdens, improve access and support clinicians to spend more time with patients. But...

employer may be liable where a worker is harassed by a third party in the course of their employment and the employer has failed to take all reasonable steps to prevent it. From 30 October 2026, employers will face a new liability for harassment of their workers by third parties. The Employment Rights Act 2025 changes the Equality Act 2010 so that an employer may be liable where a worker is harassed by a third party in the course of their employment and the employer has failed to take all...

An individual's right of access applies to the personal information that the organisation is processing. The fact that some of that information originated somewhere else does not, by itself, take it outside the scope of the request. We find that there is a surprisingly persistent misunderstanding when our customers respond to subject access requests: “We didn't create that document, so we don't need to disclose it.” But that isn't how subject access works because a patient's right of access...