Jeremy Hunt accused of 'sleeping at the wheel' during NHS data loss scandal

Jeremy Hunt accused of 'sleeping at the wheel' during NHS data loss scandal Health secretary forced to respond to urgent Commons question after withering NAO report on loss of 700,000 health documents

Jeremy Hunt has been accused of being “asleep at the wheel” while a private firm co-owned by the Department of Health built up a backlog of over 700,000 pieces of medical correspondence it never delivered to GPs.

The health secretary was summoned to the House of Commons to answer questions from MPs after a damning National Audit Office report found that the scandal may have harmed the health of at least 1,788 patients and had so far cost £6.6m. Continue reading... The Guardian