Former NHS employee guilty of snooping on patient records
A former NHS employee at Royal Stoke Hospital has been found guilty in court for snooping on patient records of her neighbours and colleagues.
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ICO warns NHS staff that unlawfully accessing patient records is an offence
The Information Commissioner’s Office has reminded NHS staff about the serious consequences of prying into patients’ medical records without a valid reason, after a ‘nosy’ Essex midwifery assistant was fined.
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Harlow hospital pays £1.8m EPR-related fine
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust has paid a £1.8 million fine for breaching the 52-week target for treating patients, which it put down to problems with its implementation of the Cosmic electronic patient record.
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Blackpool Hospitals fined for publishing staff details
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been fined £185,000 for publishing details of thousands of staff online.
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ICO fines HIV treatment centre £250
A specialist HIV treatment centre has been fined £250 by the Information Commissioner’s Office after it revealed the identities of patients through an email error.
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Pharmacy fined for selling patient data
An online pharmacy part-owned by Emis Health faces a £130,000 fine after it sold customer details to a direct marketing company.
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NHS England gets £200,000 fine
NHS England has been issued with a £200,000 fine by the Information Commissioner’s Office after a former primary care trust was found to have breached the Data Protection Act.
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Brighton pays data breach fine
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust has paid a fine of £260,000 after a contractor sold hard drives containing patient information on eBay.
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Brighton fined record £325,000 by ICO
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust has been issued the highest ever fine by the Information Commissioner’s Office.
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