Under Government plans, NHS patients will be able to download medical history and view their appointments free of charge.

Paramedics are to be told if a patient does not wish to be resuscitated or wants to die at home, under plans backed by ministers to extend the use of electronic medical records.

OPPOSITION politicians have called for the release of Megrahi's full medical records after a cancer specialist claimed the bomber's release was based on flawed medical

The Department of Health should consider abandoning a disastrous £7billion project to computerise all patients' medical records, according to a powerful group of MPs.

We'll try to post the video of Gordon Brown's interview with the Beeb soon. But, for now, here's the transcript of his remarks about News International and his son's medical records: Gordon Brown: [The Sun] told me they had this story about Fraser's medical condition, and that they  were going to run this story. Interviewer: How did that affect you, as a father? GB: I...

The clunking fist is descending on Rupert Murdoch. After rumours all afternoon about Gordon Brown giving a statement on phone hacking to the Commons, the Guardian has come up with specifics: News International, they allege, used private investigators to target our Prime Minister's phone, his bank account and his family's medical records. You should be able to watch it all go down in the ...

Patients will control their medical records and decide who can access their data under a pilot scheme at London's Chelsea and Westminster Hospital

DOCTORS have called for tougher safeguards to protect patients' medical records when they are accessed electronically.

A new NHS database is a giant leap in the erosion of privacy, believes Philip Johnston.

The Lockerbie bomber's medical records should be released, the Conservatives said yesterday, after reports that he could be dead within a month.