Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust Data Breach (2016)

The 51-year-old woman, who does not wish to be named, received a letter from the trust revealing that her file had been stolen from the boot of a physiotherapist's car. The file contained information such as her name, age, address, telephone number, NHS number and treatment information. It is unknown if this was the only medical file taken. The full letter from the trust's principal physiotherapist John O'Regan, read: "I am sorry to have to inform you that your musculoskeletal clinical assessment service referral containing your name, address, telephone number, date of birth, ethnic origin, NHS number, clinical information regarding referral and treatment, and the name and address of your general practitioner has been stolen from a physiotherapist's car boot whilst parked.