UK: Personal info lost in Oldham

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1031694_personal_info_lost_in_oldham

SENSITIVE personal information on almost 150 NHS patients in the Oldham 
area has been `lost', health bosses admitted today.

The Oldham NHS Primary Care Trust says two data sticks containing highly 
personal assessment notes of 148 clients who have been in contact with the 
trust's continuing care service have been reported missing.

Health chiefs have already launched an internal investigation and tried to 
contact all the individuals affected. As yet the trust has been unable to 
talk to three of the patients involved.

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