NHS trusts lose 31,000 patient records on seven unencrypted laptops
Two NHS trusts have lost unencrypted laptops containing 31,000 patient records.
A laptop containing 11,000 patient records was stolen from a GP's home in Wolverhampton. And St George’s Hospital in London has admitted that six laptops were stolen from its filing cabinets at the start of the month, containing the records of 20,000 patients.
Both data breaches break Department of Health policy that states NHS mobile devices must be protected by encryption. Neither trust has offered an explanation as to why the data was unencrypted.
