NHS to suspend staff suspected of snooping on patient records

Jim Mackey urges ‘zero tolerance approach’ in England amid growing concern over breaches of confidential data NHS staff suspected of snooping on patients’ medical records should be suspended immediately and barred from using health service computers, the head of NHS England has…

There have been too many cases of staff abusing patient trust, and enough is enough, the head of the NHS in England says.

NHS staff have been warned they face immediate suspension if they are caught inappropriately accessing patient information.