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UK: Hundreds of confidential reports go missing

Posted on October 2, 2010 by Dissent

Nearly 400 confidential records were reported missing in the West Midlands in just three months, according to new figures. A total of 387 patient and staff records went missing or were stolen between April and June this year.

Two other incidents, when unknown numbers of records went missing, also took place.

It brings the total number of known breaches of confidentiality within NHS West Midlands to more than 20,300 since January 2009.

Read more in the Express & Star.


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