GB WESTERN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST 2013 Technical Error (Q9919)
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A data breach risk event
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | GB WESTERN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST 2013 Technical Error |
A data breach risk event |
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January 2013
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n investigation has been launched into how confidential medical records were found in a garden in Londonderry. The Western Health Trust has confirmed that the documents contained sensitive personal information and said it had reported the breach to the Information Commissioners office. The trust said a local newspaper and a member of the public brought the matter to its attention on Tuesday. The editor of the Derry News, Ciaran ONeill, said it involved 17 patients. The details of 13 women and four men were on eight A4 sheets of papers, he said. There are a few lines on each and they go into intimate detail about their treatment, condition and their past history. Mr ONeill said the woman who found the documents in her garden was shocked. She found it hard to believe that these could be hos (English)
