NHS trust issues public apology to Nottingham attack victims over medical data breaches
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust has publicly apologized for data breaches involving the medical records of victims from the Nottingham attacks. The medical director acknowledged failures in the initial investigation and the inappropriate access of records by staff. Eleven employees were dismissed, and the trust is committed to improving its practices moving forward.
- ▪The NHS trust is investigating employees for inappropriately accessing the medical records of Nottingham attack victims.
- ▪Eleven staff members were sacked following the breaches, including four nurses and other professionals.
- ▪The medical director admitted that the trust initially focused only on deceased victims and failed to consider the surviving victims until later.
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Public apology after attacks NHS data breaches27 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleAsha PatelEast MidlandsSuppliedBarnaby Webber, Grace O'Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates were all killed by Valdo CalocaneThe medical director of an NHS trust has issued a public apology over "failures" at an inquiry after staff inappropriately accessed the medical records of the Nottingham attacks victims.Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS Trust is investigating employees over data breaches in the aftermath of attacks carried out by Valdo Calocane, who killed three and seriously injured three others on 13 June 2023.The trust said last week 11 of its employees had been sacked after the first investigations into the data breaches.NUH medical director Manjeet Shehmar also apologised for "not…
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