GB Countess of Chester Hospital 2015 Technical Error (Q11981)
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A data breach risk event
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| English | GB Countess of Chester Hospital 2015 Technical Error |
A data breach risk event |
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26F99CDB-01D2-4EC6-9064-590222559097
January 2015
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A FORMER sexual health adviser at the Countess of Chester Hospital has been suspended from nursing after he disclosed details of a patients illness to a third party. Mark Henry Newman, 54, formerly of Acorn Court, Upton, has been suspended for nine months by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) after he breached patient confidentiality and pursued an inappropriate business interest. The disclosure of sensitive details was described as a deplorable breach of trust and was said to have caused the patient great distress as he had kept his illness a secret from his children for nine years. Mr Newman, a registered mental health nurse, was sacked in January 2013 by the Countess of Chester Hospital Trust for gross misconduct after an internal investigation and the trust then referred the case (English)
