Wolverhampton NHS Primary Care Trust Data Breach (2016)
Wolverhampton NHS Primary Care Trust
lowVERIS
Disclosed
January 1, 2016
3738 days ago
Records
36
Confirmed
Root Cause
Improper Disposal
Industry
Healthcare
Description
Personal documents containing confidential details of mentally ill patients of the former Wolverhampton NHS Primary Care Trust were found in a filing cabinet bought on eBay. The cabinet contained 60 pages of documents including details of patients' history of sexual abuse and suicide attempts.