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Hospital records found in a bin Nurse blamed over records in bin
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Confidential hospital records on 55 patients have been found dumped in a bin on a Norfolk housing estate. A nurse at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital is facing disciplinary action after medical notes were found in a wheelie bin.
Norfolk and Norwich Hospital said they are investigating how the files were lost in a "deplorable" and serious breach of confidentiality. The confidential hospital records of 55 patients were found dumped in a bin on a housing estate at Bowthorpe, near Norwich, Norfolk.
A member of the public made the find at Bowthorpe, near Norwich, as she emptied her bin. The hospital said it was investigating how the files were lost in a serious breach of confidentiality.
A member of the public made the find as she emptied her bin.
A hospital spokeswoman said the matter was "a deplorable and very serious breach of patient confidentiality".A hospital spokeswoman said the matter was "a deplorable and very serious breach of patient confidentiality".
Medical details
Hospital chiefs said they were looking into who may last have had the records, adding that it would be treated as a serious disciplinary matter.
"We have today reminded all our staff of the very real responsibility they all carry to maintain patient confidentiality at all times.
"The rules are very clear, staff should not take patient-sensitive information away from our hospitals," the spokeswoman said.
The misplaced data included the name, hospital number and brief medical details of 55 patients.The misplaced data included the name, hospital number and brief medical details of 55 patients.
Addresses, contact details and NHS numbers were not included on the papers, she added.Addresses, contact details and NHS numbers were not included on the papers, she added.