This is not the first time I’ve read about a patient privacy breach as part of a smear campaign, but this case is in the U.K. Dave Blackhurst reports:
A major investigation is today under way to find a hospital worker behind a high-level security breach aimed at discrediting a doctor.
The staff member obtained confidential information about three stroke patients – and then posed as a nurse to write letters raising concerns about their treatment to loved-ones.
The letters targeted brain surgeon Changez Jadun, who was suspended for 18 months, but reinstated after safety allegations about his work were dismissed.
Now bosses at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire (UHNS) say he has become the victim of a ‘malicious’ smear campaign. They have passed on details to Staffordshire Police.
Read more on ThisisStaffordshire.