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NHS England reports data breach
NHS England has reported a data breach to the Information Commissioners’ Office.
The report follows a recent cyber incident involving Capita, who informed NHS England that a document containing limited optometry information for two patients was accessed.
Capita has already written to the two patients to notify them and offer support.
Capita also reported that two files containing names and NHS numbers of deceased and de-registered patients were accessed. These files relate to archived records that related to individuals who had died more than 10 years ago or who have not been registered with a GP in England for more than 10 years. No health data or other patient data was included in the lists or accessed as a result of the incident.
An independent cyber security expert has not found any evidence that the information has been made available more widely.
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