UK healthcare leaders asked to personally vouch for patient record safeguards
By Imogen Howse ( November 12, 2026, 16:45 GMT | Insight) -- UK healthcare leaders have been asked to personally vouch for their organizations' safeguards against staff snooping on patient records after the country's privacy regulator said it had received more than 300 reports of unauthorized access so far this year. UK healthcare leaders are being asked to provide personal assurances about the effectiveness of their patient record safeguards, after the country's privacy regulator received more than 300 reports of unauthorized access this year....
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