Tuesday 1 May 2012

First fine over NHS data breach

30 April 2012
Last updated at 16:45












A Welsh health board has become the first NHS body to be fined for breaching the Data Protection Act after it released sensitive data about a patient to the wrong person.
Aneurin Bevan Health Board (ABHB) will have to pay a £70,000 penalty.
A doctor misspelt a name and did not give enough detail about a patient to his secretary, meaning a

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