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UK: NHS Highland apologizes after data security breach

Posted on August 7, 2021 by Dissent

Tom Ramage reports:

Letters inviting patients at NHS Highland for their second dose of Covid vaccine were produced by NHS Highland Public Health carrying information relating to other patients.

A spokesperson has explained: “These letters each contain the name and address of the patient along with the date, a time slot and a location they should attend to receive their second vaccine. Each of these letters should only fill one page.

“On Thursday, July 22 a batch of 249 letters, addressed to named individual patients, were transferred electronically to the department in Inverness who have the facilities to print and envelope large batches of letters.

Read more on The Northern Times.

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