Confidential NHS Patient Data Discovered in Jesmond Alleyway

The confidential medical information that is believed to have been held by a medical student in Jesmond was discovered among household waste last week in Jesmond. A letter sent by a patient’s doctor following an appointment, filled with sensitive personal data and marked as “Private and Confidential”, was found scattered all across an alleyway off Lonsdale Terrace in Jesmond. In response to the documents, Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Trust confirmed that an investigation had been conducted thoroughly. 

Those who possessed the records in question were contacted and made aware of the issue – and the outcome of the investigation – by the NHS trust. A medical student was on placement with the NHS trust at the time of the documents in question. There is no doubt that this information is related to two patients. The trust said that it was confident that all confidential information would be recovered. The documents and data were thought to belong to at least two patients and included a letter addressed to the doctor of one of the patients, which was marked “Private and Confidential”.

It contained personal and sensitive information regarding the patients. As far as the trust’s deputy chief executive and executive medical director are concerned, this matter has been resolved and they have notified those affected. He said, “The trust is aware of the fact that a medical student on placement had confidential clinical information he or she obtained during their placement with the trust,” a

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