An email sent by the NHS advice service mistakenly disclosed personal information about patients, although it did not leave the health service. The organisation's annual report for 2008-09 reveals that the information, including the names, addresses, NHS numbers, dates of birth and clinical data of about 100 patients, was disclosed without authorisation in October last year. In a statement to GC News, NHS Direct said that this happened when a spreadsheet was emailed to three people in error. The recipients were two project managers working in separate parts of the NHS, as well as an NHS Direct staff member.
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NHS Direct wrongly emailed patients' data
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