University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust – Reprimand (United Kingdom, 2023)
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Patient records were saved on to an Electronic Document Viewing System. The Trust decided to terminate the use of this system and the records on it were downloaded prior to allowing the system licence to expire. However this download was not fully successful but this was not investigated prior to the licence expiry and therefore a number of records became inaccessible and some permanently lost.
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Patient records were saved on to an Electronic Document Viewing System. The Trust decided to terminate the use of this system and the records on it were downloaded prior to allowing the system licence to expire. However this download was not fully successful but this was not investigated prior to the licence expiry and therefore a number of records became inaccessible and some permanently lost.
Outcome
Reprimand
A formal reprimand: the DPA found a violation and issued a formal censure.
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No other enforcement actions found for University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust in UK
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Details
Decision Date
7 March 2023
Authority
Information Commissioner's Office
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Cite as: Cookie Fines. University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust - United Kingdom (2023). Retrieved from cookiefines.eu
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