GB Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Jan 2013 Technical Error (Q10665)
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A data breach risk event
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A data breach risk event |
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January 2013
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A CQC inspector left planning notes containing confidential patient information on the public ward of a hospital they were inspecting, a Pulse investigation has revealed. Freedom of Information request shows Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals declared a breach of patient confidentiality rules this year where a member of staff was handed a number of documents containing confidential patient information, left by a CQC official conducting an unannounced inspection. This was revealed as part of a Pulse investigation, which found that breaches of confidentiality and losses of data have increased by 20% in 2012/13 year compared to the previous year. One trust recorded an incident where a patient found a letter in the hospital car park containing someones clinical diagnosis of cancer, wh (English)
