Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust lost 11 years of maternity record viewing history due to a human error during routine IT work. A misconfigured database operation intended for radiotherapy was accidentally run on the maternity database, overwriting audit trail data from September 2011 to November 2022. While clinical records were restored, the hospital cannot confirm who accessed sensitive maternity records during this period.
Background
UK's National Health Service hospital trust suffered data loss from misconfigured database operation during routine technical work for radiotherapy reporting purposes.
- Source
- Ars Technica
- Published
- Sep 23, 2026 at 12:55 AM
- Score
- 6.0 / 10