Sunday, October 30, 2011

Nurse Sacked Over Facebook Photo

A helper was discharged from Nottingham University Hospitals Trust after posting a photo of a studious on Facebook, it has emerged.

The box was a of 29 reported breaches of studious confidentiality at the certitude over the past 3 years.

The total from July 2008 to July 2011 were performed beneath a Freedom of Information Act solicit from promotion organisation Big Brother Watch.

The certitude mentioned it took any crack of information insurance exceedingly seriously.

A total of 8 members of staff were discharged over the breaches.

Out of 29 the reported incidents, 9 had no box to answer whilst the other 20 were investigated.

Peter Homa, arch senior manager of the trust, said: "We entirely scrutinize all claims - and where there is found to be a major crack of confidentiality, you have discharged the associate of staff involved.

"This is a coherent summary you give to all the employees.

"Since 2010 you have carried out a major promotion opposite both the hospitals to actively urge on staff and patients to inform all suspected breaches of information insurance and studious confidentiality.

"This saw a outrageous enlarge in reports at the time, but has given brought about a shrinking in the number of breaches in the certitude over the final year as you expostulate home the significance of gripping information secure."

The certitude runs Nottingham City Hospital and the Queen's Medical Centre.

The top number of reported breaches was found at NHS Lothian. Cumbria Teaching PCT had 39 and NHS Fife had 30.

A total of 420 trusts were surveyed but 74 did not respond.

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