Michelle Archard reports:
Patients’ personal data has been lost after a nurse was carjacked, a new report has revealed.
The theft has just come to light in a report to the board of NHS South East Essex.
It is reported as a “serious untoward incident” where there had been loss of some “personal identifiable data”.
In October last year a member of staff was packing items into the boot of a car parked in Pitsea when two youths jumped in and drove off. The keys had been left in the ignition.
An appointment diary and mobile phone were inside.
The items and the car have still not been recovered despite the police being informed.
NHS South East Essex has refused to say exactly what data was lost, what details were on the phone and in the diary and whether it relates to staff or patients or both.
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