GB Royal Victoria Infirmary 2016 Physical Action (Q15641)
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A data breach risk event
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | GB Royal Victoria Infirmary 2016 Physical Action |
A data breach risk event |
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January 2016
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Patients from the RVI and Freeman Hospital are among those at risk of having had their private data stolen after a van was left unsecured.Confidential medical records belonging to dozens of North East patients have gone missing from Tyneside hospitals. The documents were taken after being left unsecured in a van outside a property in Fenham, Newcastle. Thieves stole the vehicle holding 143 private medical records of patients at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Freeman Hospital and Campus for Ageing and Vitality, formerly Newcastle General Hospital. Following the blunder, Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust cancelled its contract with the courier firm responsible for transporting records between the citys hospitals. (English)
