{"id":28190,"date":"2013-02-14T09:39:56","date_gmt":"2013-02-14T08:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/?p=28190"},"modified":"2013-02-14T09:39:56","modified_gmt":"2013-02-14T08:39:56","slug":"nhs-guidelines-breached-500-times-in-three-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/latest-news\/nhs-guidelines-breached-500-times-in-three-years\/","title":{"rendered":"NHS Guidelines Breached 500 Times in Three Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\"><strong>RINF Alternative News<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28191\" alt=\"security\" src=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/security.jpg\" width=\"460\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/security.jpg 460w, http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/security-75x47.jpg 75w, http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/security-150x94.jpg 150w, http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/security-383x239.jpg 383w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>New statistics released today reveal that NHS staff have breached IT guidelines almost 500 times in the past three years, although the true numbers are expected to be much higher.<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0Freedom of Information act request by the Scottish Conservatives show a total of\u00a0481 breaches have been recorded since 2010.\u00a0195 breaches were recorded in 2012, 170 recorded in 2011 and 109 recorded in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Breaches\u00a0include the sharing of passwords, inappropriate use of Facebook, swearing in emails\u00a0and staff installing banned software on computers.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, at least 15 NHS workers have been sacked or resigned, and others have been given counselling, while some health boards\u00a0refused to disclose what disciplinary action had been taken.<\/p>\n<p>Scottish Conservative health spokesman Jackson Carlaw said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;More and more sensitive information in hospitals is being held electronically, including patient records and highly-confidential data.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As a result, we need to ensure those who have access act completely responsibly to ensure it doesn&#8217;t end up in the wrong hands.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The fact this trend appears to be increasing is very concerning, particularly when you consider high-profile incidents of data loss over recent years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m sure the vast majority of these breaches have been committed accidentally but that makes it even more critical that the NHS IT system is secure and resilient to such gaffes.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28191\" alt=\"security\" src=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/security.jpg\" width=\"460\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/security.jpg 460w, http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/security-75x47.jpg 75w, http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/security-150x94.jpg 150w, http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/security-383x239.jpg 383w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>New statistics released today reveal that NHS staff have breached IT guidelines almost 500 times in the past three years, although the true numbers are expected to be much higher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[461,18],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-28190","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-editorials","7":"category-latest-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28190\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}