GB Royal Cornwall Hospital Mar 2015 Technical Error (Q9530)
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A data breach risk event
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | GB Royal Cornwall Hospital Mar 2015 Technical Error |
A data breach risk event |
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March 2015
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MEDICAL notes have been found on clear display in a car which was parked in a residential street for almost a week. Mark Atkins said he and other residents of Lowen Bre near Royal Cornwall Hospital at Treliske had been fed up with vehicles being parked in their street. But when he looked closer at the blue Rover 200 car parked near his home he noticed paperwork marked with Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust (RCHT) visible on the back seat. On closer inspection he realised they were marked trauma list and included patients names, dates of birth and details of treatment they had received. He said: I was absolutely disgusted how could someone have such complete disregard for peoples privacy and leave these notes on public display in a parked car? If that was my information I would be horrified t (English)
