GB East Sussex Healthcare Trust Jun 2015 Technical Error (Q15232)
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A data breach risk event
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A data breach risk event |
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June 2015
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Hospital papers have revealed the confidential details of more than 3,500 patients were discovered on an unencrypted data stick. The incident was discussed at an East Sussex Healthcare Trust board meeting on September 30, which oversees Conquest Hospital in Hastings and the Eastbourne DGH. The trust sent letters of apology to patients after the stick was discovered by a member of the public behind the Conquest Hospital in St Leonards in June. In a report, Alice Webster, director of nursing at the trust, said: The memory stick was retrieved by the head of governance and further investigation revealed that the stick was the property of one of the trusts consultants and contained information of 3,634 patients. Some of this pertained to patients from other trusts and private patients. The inf (English)
