NHS Lanarkshire Data Breach (2020)

NHS Lanarkshire have apologised after more than 400 incidents of data breach were recorded since March. Hundreds of patients had their COVID-19 data breached in Lanarkshire, a statistic the Conservative party called “worrying”. There were 414 data breaches between March 12 and May 25, but the health board have moved to assure the public these occurred among NHS staff. READ MORE Lifeline East Kilbride playgroup saved from the axe by community football team Gabe Docherty, director of public health and health policy, told the East Kilbride News: “We take incidents like this seriously and we have written to offer our sincere apologies to those affected. “The first incident relating to 20 patients was reported to the Information Commissioner’s Office who acknowledged human error. “The second incident involving 388 patients was an internal staff email which was immediately recalled and deleted. “We have updated our processes to avoid similar incidents from occurring in future.”