NHS Tayside investigates breach concerning data of dead girl
Scot NHS trust probes access to medical records of 9-year-old girl after man arrested on suspicion of murder
Investigation into whether staff improperly accessed Minnie Merriman’s file after she was named for the first time this week
A Scottish NHS trust is investigating a data breach concerning the medical records of a nine-year-old girl who died earlier this week and was named publicly for the first time on Wednesday after a man was charged with her death.
The alleged breach occurred at Ninewells Hospital in Arbroath, and reportedly involved staff members accessing the girl’s medical records without authorization or clinical need.
A spokesperson for NHS Tayside, which oversees Ninewells Hospital, said: “NHS Tayside is currently investigating the circumstances of an alleged data breach which happened in a working clinical area where staff access patient information.
“As a matter of governance, any data protection breach would be recorded and investigated by...
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