Loss of patients’ data at Dorset Hospital

It is reported that 5,000 radiology images taken at University Hospitals Dorset were accidentally deleted. This occurred during their process of archiving on or around July/August this year. The lost data includes: 214 clinical mammograms ( X-Rays to test for breast cancer) test or duplicate images some scans from different hospitals. How did the incident [...]

By |2022-09-16T17:31:44+01:00September 16th, 2022|Latest News|Comments Off on Loss of patients’ data at Dorset Hospital

NHS health adviser prosecuted for accessing patients records without authority

On 3 August 2022, Christopher O’Brien, a former health adviser employed by South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust,  pleaded guilty at Coventry Magistrates’ Court to unlawfully accessing patient records. What data has been breached and how? Between June and December 2019, he accessed the medical records of 14 patients. The patients were known to him but [...]

By |2022-09-02T12:56:32+01:00September 2nd, 2022|Latest News|Comments Off on NHS health adviser prosecuted for accessing patients records without authority

City College Norwich data breach

City College Norwich revealed that the information of hundreds of applicants has been breached. This ocurred when their details were sent by email to a parent by mistake. The breach occurred in August 2021, while the parent of an applicant was corresponding with the college by email. The parent was sent a spreadsheet which contained [...]

By |2022-08-12T11:19:43+01:00August 12th, 2022|Latest News|Comments Off on City College Norwich data breach

Medical data breaches

Healthcare services across the United Kingdom process the most sensitive data of millions of people. Medical information is classed as special category data, which needs more protection because it is sensitive. This means that the NHS, your GP or any other organisation handling special category data must process this data lawfully, fairly and transparently and [...]

By |2022-07-27T13:33:56+01:00July 27th, 2022|Latest News|Comments Off on Medical data breaches

Serious data breach at Bedfordshire Council

Bedfordshire Council (“the Council”) has been severely criticised for breaching the data of 100 people with special educational needs (“SEND”). The data breach seems to have happened on Monday 11 May 2022, when the Council was responding to a Freedom of Information Act request. The information was published on a website called whatdotheyknow.com and was [...]

By |2022-05-30T18:29:57+01:00May 30th, 2022|Latest News|Comments Off on Serious data breach at Bedfordshire Council

Data breach of vaccine trial participants

Clinical research company Lakeside Healthcare Research, has been carrying out trials for a new type of COVID vaccination (Valneva) at 27 sites in the UK. At the Corby study site, the research team contacted the participants via email to invite them for a booster vaccine. But the email sent to each participant mistakenly included the [...]

By |2022-03-18T16:29:20+00:00March 18th, 2022|Latest News|Comments Off on Data breach of vaccine trial participants

Data breach at Greensward Academy

Sensitive information about pupils was leaked to parents and students following a data breach at Greensward Academy, in Hockley, Essex. A teacher at the school accidentally shared a mock examinations timetable via Google Classroom, unaware that the document also contained sensitive information. The document was shared with students and parents of students in year 11. [...]

By |2022-02-25T16:10:12+00:00February 25th, 2022|Latest News|Comments Off on Data breach at Greensward Academy

Nurse accessed confidential records of online dating matches

HK, a nurse working at Nottingham University Hospital, accessed 28 medical records of patients she met on dating websites. She has accessed these records without authorisation. In April 2019 one of the patients complained of the breach to the NHS Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS). The complaint led to an internal investigation. This found [...]

By |2021-10-25T12:10:32+01:00October 25th, 2021|Latest News|Comments Off on Nurse accessed confidential records of online dating matches

Senior clinician at Liverpool Hospital loses two boxes containing patient data

It has been reported that MG, a physiotherapist working at Liverpool Women’s Hospital lost two boxes of patient records, which he removed from the Hospital premises to conduct his own clinical trial. The physio has now been suspended for running the trial without proper authorisation. MG used Hospital consent forms to obtain patient approval to [...]

By |2021-07-23T17:14:37+01:00July 23rd, 2021|Latest News|Comments Off on Senior clinician at Liverpool Hospital loses two boxes containing patient data

New Forest District Council reports data breach

Back in April of this year New Forest District Council reported a data breach which occurred in 2018, when a member of the public submitted a request to the local authority through the website www.whatdotheyknow.com. The website helps people with their Freedom of Information Act requests and then publishes the results online. The FOI request [...]

By |2021-06-17T12:23:13+01:00June 17th, 2021|Latest News|Comments Off on New Forest District Council reports data breach