NHS in confidential data blunder in Cambridgeshire
According to the BBC:
Letters sent out to patients about the national NHS records database contained confidential data about other people, the BBC has learned.
A review has taken place after letters containing personal information were sent to the wrong patients in Cambridgeshire, BBC Look East found.
The letters contain details about which surgery the person attends and their NHS number.
NHS Connecting for Health is writing to patients affected to apologise.
The NHS is asking people whether they want their medical records to be transferred to a national database.
One such request went to Anne Watson at her home in Sawtry, Cambridgeshire.
The envelope also contained a letter to another person, not known to Ms Watson.
“I was a bit shocked to have this information with National Health Service number and surgery address,” she said.
The BBC found that five people living nearby in Sawtry had also received confidential information.
The Welwyn Hatfield Times carries a similar story about a separate incident.
