GP practices are being reminded to put robust measures in place for handling personal data after a surgery was issued with a formal warning by the data protection watchdog over the way it managed an insurance request for a patient’s details.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) issued a reprimand at the end of 2025 to Staines Health Group for a breach of data protection rules, after finding it had sent excessive medical information about a patient diagnosed with a terminal illness and who made a claim to their insurance company. 

Read more – Management in Practice (5/2/26)