Snooping on records ‘worrying trend, not just isolated incidents’

By Zoe Tidman2026-06-24T11:51:00

High-profile cases of staff snooping on patients’ health records, as most recently exposed by HSJ, have revealed “a worrying trend” across the NHS rather than just isolated incidences, a watchdog chief has warned.

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