Internal Reference Number: FOI_9528
Date Request Received: 08/07/2026 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 31/07/2026 00:00:00
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Request Summary: employees wrongfully accessing the records of patients
Request Category: Media
| Question Number 1: Please could you provide me with the following information under the Freedom of Information Act. Can you please tell me: How many instances have there been of employees wrongfully accessing the records of patients in each of the following years: a) 2021/22 b) 2022/23 c) 2023/24 d) 2024/25 e) 2025/26 | |
| Answer To Question 1: a) 2021/22 <5 b) 2022/23 <5 c) 2023/24 <5 d) 2024/25 <5 e) 2025/26 <5 Risk - We cannot pull the exact data requested as the coding is not set up for this issue and therefore would not give accurate results | |
| Question Number 2: How many of the instances listed in answers 1a to 1e were subject to an internal investigation by the trust? Please give numbers for each year. | |
| Answer To Question 2: a) 2021/22 <5 b) 2022/23 <5 c) 2023/24 <5 d) 2024/25 <5 e) 2025/26 <5 All incidents are reported on the Trust鈥檚 Incident Reporting Tool. This requires an investigator to be assigned and for them to include the outcomes of their findings, including actions taken and lessons learned. | |
| Question Number 3: How many of the instances listed in answers 1a to 1e resulted in staff being disciplined? Please give numbers for each year. | |
| Answer To Question 3: a) 2021/22 <5 b) 2022/23 <5 c) 2023/24 <5 d) 2024/25 <5 e) 2025/26 <5 | |
| Question Number 4: How many of the instances listed in answers 1a to 1e were reported to the Information Commissioner's Office? Please give numbers for each year. | |
| Answer To Question 4: All cases reported to the ICO, including the reason (such as unauthorised access) are included in the Trust鈥檚 annual report and accounts. These are available on the Trust website. | |
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