A laptop containing the personal details of several thousand patients has been stolen from the car of a senior hospital manager, who is now suspended.
A patient told the BBC he received a letter saying the computer was taken on 18 June in Scotland from the car of a Colchester University Hospital manager.
The unencrypted details included names, dates of birth, postcodes and treatment plans.
Full story – BBC
Update 1: Silicon.com reports that the files contained data on 21,000 patients.