The Evening Times ran an article about figures in a new report showing that women from Lanarkshire experience higher-than-average rates of stillbirth and neonatal deaths than other parts of Scotland. The region recorded the second-highest rate in Scotland with 6.42 deaths per 1,000 births. However it is worth noting that the figure of 7,096 Lanarkshire resident […]
Warning for all – always treat patient records properly
The Fairwarning system identifies when patient information has been accessed inappropriately.
Unless you are treating a patient, or managing the admin to support treatment, you must not access:
• your own information
• friends, neighbours and family member information
• colleague information
• high-profile patient information.
However, the Fairwarning system has shown that staff are continuing to access health records when they shouldn’t and the number of data protection breaches continues to rise.
As a result, NHS Lanarkshire is adopting a zero tolerance approach and all alleged breaches will be investigated through the Effective Management of Employee Conduct policy.
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