NHS data loss scandal has prompted five inquiries, ministers say

NHS data loss scandal has prompted five inquiries, ministers say Government accused of ‘huge cover-up’ over its response to outcry over 515,000 lost test results and doctors’ letters

The NHS’s loss of more than half a million pieces of confidential medical correspondence is so serious that it has triggered five separate investigations, ministers have admitted.

The disclosure has prompted claims that the scale of the loss of 515,000 test results and doctors’ letters was hidden in “a huge cover-up”. It raises fresh questions for the health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, who has publicly championed openness in the NHS. Continue reading... The Guardian