NHS Trust IT blunder overwrites 11 years of maternity records
The process ran against the wrong database and overwrote the Trust's old Medway maternity records database, which contained information about women and babies treated between September 2011 and November 2022. REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) said the incident was the result of human error and was escalated within minutes of being discovered. REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/c'); }); The good news is that the Trust has managed to recover the clinical information it needs for patient care, including notes, observations, and test results.
- ▪The process ran against the wrong database and overwrote the Trust's old Medway maternity records database, which contained information about women and babies treated between September 2011 and November 2022.
- ▪REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) said the incident was the result of human error and was escalated within minutes of being discovered.
- ▪REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/c'); }); The good news is that the Trust has managed to recover the clinical information it needs for patient care, including notes, observations, and
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