Helen Perkins reports:
A government watchdog has launched an investigation into an incident where midwives emailed an crudely-titled file with confidential patient details to an unknown party.
The Health Service Ombudsman plans to probe staff at Furness General Hospital over a breach of data protection.
Despite its confidential nature, an email by the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust containing details of a baby’s death was sent to an inbox belonging to an unknown individual outside the trust.
Read more on the Lancaster & Morecambe Citizen.
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