Fifteen NHS staff sacked over Nottingham attack records
Fifteen staff, including doctors and nurses, have been dismissed by Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust for inappropriately accessing victims' medical records from the 2023 Nottingham attacks.
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Fifteen NHS staff have been sacked for inappropriately accessing the medical records of victims of the 2023 Nottingham attacks.
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust confirmed that 15 staffers, including doctors and nurses, were dismissed as part of its investigation. The trust said the dismissals formed part of its inquiry into inappropriate access to the victims' medical records.
The victims were Nottingham students Barnaby Webber and Grace O'Malley-Kumar, and caretaker Ian Coates. They were killed by Valdo Calocane in June 2023.
The case concerns NHS data access and disciplinary action. The confirmation gives a firm figure for staff dismissed after the trust examined inappropriate access to the victims' medical records.
The report also noted wider pressure on the NHS, but the confirmed development is the trust's statement that 15 staff, including doctors and nurses, have been dismissed over record access.
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| Fifteen NHS staff were dismissed by Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust for inappropriately accessing the medical records of victims of the 2023 Nottingham attack. | |
| The victims of the June 2023 Nottingham attack were Barnaby Webber, Grace O'Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates, who were killed by Valdo Calocane. | |
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ITV's bulletin reported the trust's confirmation that 15 staff, including doctors and nurses, had been dismissed as part of its investigation into inappropriate access to the victims' medical records. It named the three Nottingham attack victims and the attacker, then moved on to unrelated NHS winter pressures. The tone was factual and brief, with no additional detail on the timing of the dismissals or the trust's internal process.
- “A total of 15 NHS staff have now been sacked for inappropriately accessing the medical records of the victims of the 2023 Nottingham attack.”
- “Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust has confirmed 15 staffers, including doctors and nurses, have been dismissed as part of its investigation.”
- “Nottingham students Barnaby Webber and Grace O'Malley-Kumar and caretaker Ian Coates were killed by Valdo Calocane in June 2023.”
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