9 July 2017 - The federal government will launch a high-powered inquiry into Medicare security to review the way doctors check up to 45,000 records every day, after a damaging privacy breach sparked fears about the sale of personal data to criminals.

The government will today name former public service chief Peter Shergold to lead the review into the online system, vowing to make “security risks and controls” a key part of a report to be done within three months.

The move puts doctors and other providers on notice that their access to Medicare numbers could be overhauled to tighten personal privacy in the wake of revelations last week that an online trader had sold 75 personal card details and was offering more for sale.

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