NHS launches probe baby takes information of 150 sufferers to highschool to make use of as ‘drawing paper’ 

The NHS has launched a probe after a pupil took printed information containing particulars of 150 sufferers to highschool to make use of as drawing paper.

Bedfordshire Hospitals Foundation Trust confirmed it’s investigating how the kid bought maintain of the private paperwork.

However, it refused to say if any of the pupil’s family labored for the belief.

The incident was reported within the belief’s info governance quarterly board report, and revealed by the Health Service Journal.

It mentioned the pupil arrived on the major college with ‘quite a few handover sheets’ from numerous dates in 2022 which that they had ‘apparently been utilizing as drawing paper’.

The NHS is investigating how the kid managed to pay money for confidential affected person paperwork (inventory picture)

‘Approx 150 sufferers info was on the sheets. School employees eliminated these from the kid’s possession and IG governance supervisor visited the varsity to gather them.’

The belief mentioned it was alerted by the varsity knowledge projection officer over a baby having sheets with affected person identifiable info.

It mentioned the data governance supervisor went to gather the papers on the identical day and so they have been securely destroyed.

Bedfordshire Hospitals FT mentioned the incident was declared as a knowledge breach however was not escalated to the Information Commissioner’s Office because it was contained.

David Carter, chief govt of Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, mentioned: ‘We are conscious of the latest knowledge breach that occurred at our Trust.

‘We take all breaches of confidential info very critically and are at the moment conducting an intensive investigation into this incident.

‘Additional processes have been put in place to forestall this from taking place once more.’