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NHS staff accessing medical records inappropriately in high profile or tragic news stories.

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HavfrueDenizKisi · 26/06/2026 12:02

What the hell is wrong with people who work for the NHS and still somehow think it’s ok to voyeuristically access the medical records of patients who have been in the news?

Just read this article about 40 members of staff being investigated over the inappropriate viewing of this poor boy’s medical records. Read a similar article a few weeks back about the medical records of the victims of the Nottingham attack being accessed. Something like 11 people were sacked and 12 given final warnings about that (somehow suggesting it wasn’t their first time doing so).

Surely it is pretty fucking clear when you start working for the NHS that this is Absolutely Not Allowed. Plus it must be clear that there is a digital trail left behind of anyone accessing records. Honestly the mind boggles.

Link to article on BBC:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg5kvpdd15o

A uniformed police office stands in front of a bricked barn has a car park outside the front on the left. There is a fence on the right which opens into a court yard and there are signs on the door. There is a police car parked in the car park.

Crocodile attack: Hospital probe after boy's records accessed

Cambridge University Hospitals refers itself to the Information Commissioner over the breach.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg5kvpdd15o

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HectorPlasm · 19/10/2026 10:23

They are shameless aren't they? They think they don't have to answer to anyone

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