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1. Please provide the attached details of any member of staff who has been discovered to have inappropriately accessed any medical records within your Trust from 1 January 2019 to today’s date. I have attached a table for completion with the specific information required.
a. how did the trust become aware of inappropriate access to medical records
b. staff group (medical, nursing etc) of member of staff responsible
c. number and type of medical records accessed (e.g. –2 x family members, own records, 1 x work colleague etc)
d. did the staff member use any information obtained from this access for any purpose? if yes, what purpose?
e. was the incident dealt with using the trust’s disciplinary policy? if not, why not?
f. did a trust investigation take place?
g. was this referred to a trust disciplinary panel? if not, why not?
h. what was the outcome of the investigation and/or disciplinary panel?
i. what sanctions were placed on the staff member? e.g. – dismissal, warning, re-training
j. was the staff member reported to a professional body? e.g. – gmc/nmc?
2. Please provide a copy of your latest Trust wide Information Governance Audit showing the level of staff knowledge, understanding and adherence to the relevant legislation.
3. Please provide details on how often your Trust carries out audits to identify inappropriate access to medical records by staff.
Inappropriate access to medical records by staff. 250122.docx