The Belfast Health Trust has been fined £225,000 after thousands of patient records were found abandoned in a disused hospital. The Information Commission imposed the fine because the trust failed to secure confidential files at Belvoir Park Hospital, which closed in 2006. The breach of data protection came after last year’s discovery of the records […]
Data Breach
NHS Trust fined £325,000 due to data breach affecting thousands
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust has been served with a Civil Monetary Penalty (CMP) of £325,000 following a serious breach of the Data Protection Act (DPA), the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said today. It comes after the discovery of highly sensitive personal data belonging to tens of thousands of patients and staff – […]