clinic letter was available via an letters contained a name only with no internet search engine. other identifiers. Eight patient letters with full On review 63 patient letters were identifiers, including available on files on a FTP site. name, date of birth and We contacted our contracted address. Letters were transcribing company, dScribe, post clinic letters from to alert them and within 30 consultant to GPs. minutes the files containing Company has been these letters were blocked and asked to provide us therefore no longer accessible. with full details as part A subsequent request by dScribe their investigation has been made to Google to report back to the take down the relevant pages. Trust. VOCARE Information Email containing patient 970 names addresses sensitive and identifiable ethnicity, ages, information sent from NHS.uk presumptive diagnoses individuals email box to NHS.net box. both of patients emails in N3 connection Email containing patient sensitive and identifiable information sent from NHS.uk email box to incorrect NHS.net box MID Information Breach of patient confidentiality NHS patient data. STAFFORDSHIRE about less involving part of one patient's NHS than 11 medical records being provided FOUNDATION individuals to another patient. TRUST Lincolnshire Information Burglary 16.07.14. Offenders Laptop is encrypted so Community Health 11-50 took encrypted laptop and laptop no risk to any data. Services NHS individuals bag, Trust Mobile Phone, diary Waiting List of approx. Trust and within laptop bag contained 20 NHS Diabetic a waiting list of approx. 20 Patients contained Diabetic Patients. Name, Address, DOB and general comments such as 'Insulin' or 'Requires Appointment'. BLACKPOOL Information Case notes and dictation tapes The data lost is clinical TEACHING about from out-patient clinics are information dictated HOSPITALS NHS transported by the portering about a patient after an FOUNDATION individuals service to the secretaries. A Out-patient number of days had passed appointment. before it was noted that the tape was missing. A thorough search of the Out-patient areas was undertaken and all relevant members of staff have been included in the investigations. The tape has not re-surfaced. THE Information A spreadsheet containing patient Demographic and NEWCASTLE about identifiable data and clinical data some limited genetic UPON TYNE for 1997 patients was sent in data. HOSPITALS NHS to the wrong NHS address. The
clinic letter was available via an internet search engine. On review 63 patient letters were available on files on a FTP site. We contacted our contracted transcribing company, dScribe, to alert them and within 30 minutes the files containing these letters were blocked and therefore no longer accessible. A subsequent request by dScribe has been made to Google to take down the relevant pages. letters contained a name only with no other identifiers. Eight patient letters with full identifiers, including name, date of birth and address. Letters were post clinic letters from consultant to GPs. Company has been asked to provide us with full details as part their investigation report back to the Trust. VOCARE Information individuals Email containing patient sensitive and identifiable information sent from NHS.uk email box to NHS.net box. both emails in N3 connection Email containing patient sensitive and identifiable information sent from NHS.uk email box to incorrect NHS.net box 970 names addresses ethnicity, ages, presumptive diagnoses of patients MID STAFFORDSHIRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST Information about less than 11 individuals Breach of patient confidentiality involving part of one patient's medical records being provided to another patient. NHS patient data. Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust Information 11-50 individuals Burglary 16.07.14. Offenders took encrypted laptop and laptop bag, Trust Mobile Phone, diary and within laptop bag contained a waiting list of approx. 20 Diabetic Patients. Laptop is encrypted so no risk to any data. Waiting List of approx. 20 NHS Diabetic Patients contained Name, Address, DOB and general comments such as 'Insulin' or 'Requires Appointment'. BLACKPOOL TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION Information about individuals Case notes and dictation tapes from out-patient clinics are transported by the portering service to the secretaries. A number of days had passed before it was noted that the tape was missing. A thorough search of the Out-patient areas was undertaken and all relevant members of staff have been included in the investigations. The tape has not re-surfaced. The data lost is clinical information dictated about a patient after an Out-patient appointment. THE NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS Information about A spreadsheet containing patient identifiable data and clinical data for 1997 patients was sent in to the wrong NHS address. The Demographic and some limited genetic data.
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