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NHS worker told woman she had cancer after records breach

A woman says she was told she had cancer by a hospital employee she barely knew who had inappropriately accessed her medical records at Royal Cornwall Hospital days before she was due to receive test results from her consultant. Pippa Boardman said she lost her dignity and privacy through the data breach.

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Data-breach NHS worker told woman she had cancer BBC News – UK
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Woman told she had cancer by NHS worker who inappropriately accessed her records

Data-breach NHS worker told woman she had cancerBBC News – UK
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Data-breach NHS worker told woman she had cancer

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