From: kirniki (kirnikigmail.com)
Date: Tue Jan 27 2009 - 13:12:28 CST

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http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0127/breaking55.html

A computer tape with medical records of more than 8,000 patients has
disappeared en route from Northern Ireland,to England, it was revealed
today.

It was sent from the Garden Street doctors' surgery in Magherafelt, Co
Derry, to an IT company in London which was updating the practice's
system.

A courier picked up the details on December 5 but they never arrived.

Dr Ben Glancy from the practice said: "We have been advised that it is
extremely unlikely that anyone's medical records could be read.

"The computer tape is security protected and requires a specialist
programme which is normally only used by GPs and the data verification
company in order to make any sense of the information on the tape.

"There is no suggestion that the tape has been stolen."

The surgery, within the Northern Health and Social Services Board, is
moving to a new IT systems provider, In Practice Systems (INPS).

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