Private Records of 7,000 Nhs Patients On Stolen Laptops
Birmingham Post › August 31, 2009
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Summary
Laptops containing the private and medical details of more than 7,000 Birmingham NHS patients have been stolen, prompting a massive security alert.
Surgical firm Trulife, which is used by four hospitals - Birmingham Children's Hospital; City Hospital, in Winson Green; Sandwell Hospital, in West Bromwich; and Rowley Regis Hospital - has revealed that three computers are missing. One of them was taken after being left in a car by an employee, while another was snatched during a mugging.See the full content of this document
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Private Records of 7,000 Nhs Patients On Stolen Laptops
None of the information on the missing laptops had been encrypted.
Between 3,000 and 3,500 Children's Hospital patients are...See the full content of this document
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