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London clinic leaks HIV status of patients

A sexual health clinic mistakenly leaked the HIV status of nearly 800 patients, bosses admitted.

The 56 Dean Street clinic in London's Soho sent out the names and email addresses of 780 patients when a newsletter was issued to people who attend the clinic.
Patients were supposed to be blind-copied into the email but instead details were sent as a group email.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said the breach was "completely unacceptable".
Speaking at a conference in Manchester, Mr Hunt said patients needed to feel confident the NHS would look after their personal data.


He said: "The truth is that we will throw this all away if we lose the public's trust in our ability to look after their personal data securely and I just want to finish by reflecting on the importance of that.
"If we are going to win that trust we need to strengthen the independent oversight of data security within the NHS to a level that we don't have at the moment."
A member of staff's "human error" led to the breach, the clinic said.
The Information Commissioner's Office said it was aware of the incident and would be making inquiries.
Fine for breaches of data protection can reach £500,000.




















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