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15 NHS Staff Dismissed Over Access to Nottingham Attack Records

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust has dismissed 15 staff members who accessed medical records linked to victims of the 2023 Nottingham attacks.

The trust gave 15 final warnings. It gave two first warnings.

Two cases had no action. Doctors, nurses and other health workers were investigated.

The trust is still checking record access. The records belong to survivors of the 2023 Nottingham attacks.

The survivors are Wayne Birkett, Sharon Miller and Marcin Gawronski.

Dr Manjeet Shehmar is the trust's medical director. He said there was no good reason to open a patient's records.

The trust will keep checking. It will act when needed.

The trust will add a system to find possible data leaks. It is teaching staff about safe record access.

Section: United Kingdom

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