AN NHS worker in Norfolk has become embroiled in a serious security breach after sending a patient's medical records to Buckingham Palace by mistake.Highly confidential information was sent to the royal residence after the female member of staff typed in the wrong email address instead of sending it to a medic at Norfolk Primary Care Trust (PCT).
AN NHS worker in Norfolk has become embroiled in a serious security breach after sending a patient's medical records to Buckingham Palace by mistake.
Highly confidential information was sent to the royal residence after the female member of staff typed in the wrong email address instead of sending it to a medic at Norfolk Primary Care Trust (PCT).
Today health bosses are remaining tight-lipped about exactly where in county's NHS the member of staff worked but said a full investigation was being carried out.
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