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UK watchdog calls for checks on data safety over use of WhatsApp by NHS staff

NHS staff looking at a phone
Use of WhatsApp among NHS staff is allowed, though with certain guidelines. Photo: Carl Court/Getty Images

Hameed Shuja

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The proposal comes after mounting concerns about the use of WhatsApp among NHS staff, which has raised data safety issues.

The head of the UK’s data watchdog has raised the prospect of spot checks on NHS staff to make sure they are using WhatsApp safely and are not compromising patients’ data safety.

Information commissioner John Edwards told the Financial Times he recognises that the use of WhatsApp by staff “is

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