I’ve written copious amounts on here about Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) and the incompetence of its staff, the poor allocation of resources, the waste, poor management and bad clinical outcomes. However now there’s another chunk of crap to sling at this organisation.
Apparently not even the medical data of those injured in terrible atrocities is safe from the prying eyes ghoulish NHS staff.
According to a BBC report staff at a hospital that was treating victims of the Southport Atrocity accessed these victims medical data without need or reason or authorisation.
The BBC said:
“A hospital trust has admitted that nearly 50 staff members looked inappropriately at the medical records of victims of the Southport knife attack.
The data breach happened at Aintree Hospital in Liverpool, where some of the injured were treated, in the days after the July 2024 attack but has only emerged this week.
The BBC understands the three patients affected included a 13-year-old girl who had been helping to supervise the Taylor Swift-themed dance class that was targeted in the attack – and adult teacher Leanne Lucas.
The NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHLG), which runs Aintree, said the breach was “inexcusable” and changes had been made – although no-one has been sacked.
Lucas was stabbed five times in the attack, which killed three young girls and seriously wounded eight children and another adult.
“I am absolutely devastated and horrified that my privacy has been invaded when I was at my most vulnerable,” she said.
“Nothing will take away my gratitude to the staff who saved my life, but 48 people not involved in my care abused their position of trust to access the files of victims who have suffered unspeakable trauma.” “
So there you have it. Not even a patient’s data is safe in the NHS.
Link
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgmpz1mxzd9o
I would be most interested in knowing the demographics of those who did this, but probably not particularly surprised.
What I’m not surprised at, is that nobody has been sacked and presumably not even disciplined.
From a recent visit to the The Royal Free (Palestine) Hospital, I can state that easily 95%+ of the staff are non-white and the majority non-British. And don’t tell me that no British citizen of whatever stripe doesn’t want to work in the medical sector. Doctors, nurses, ordelies etc. In my visit I didn’t see one white face. Seemingly not much Equality but plenty of Diversity and “inclusivity”.
I have no information about the demographics of the leakers but my experience in media and dealing with contacts there tells me that ghoulishness is cross communal. There are a lot of people out there who love to find out what other people know just for the sake of it.
Ooooops, I lied… There was a white person serving in the M&S restaurant on the ground floor. Apologies
That’s one for atonement next Yom Kippur.