Articles / New privacy laws affect all GPs

From February this year, changes to privacy laws have been put in place that are likely to significantly affect doctors and their practice.
Many doctors will not be aware of their new obligations leaving them vulnerable to inadvertently breaching the Privacy Amendment Act, 2017.
“Ignorance is no excuse as a legal argument,” Dr Peter Walker, GP and senior risk manager at Avant explained.

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It should only change if there's clear evidence that a new model is better
It should remain independent and locally governed
It should be replaced with an untested national model
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