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Nottingham hospital dismisses 15 staff for illegal record access

By Drooid · Oct 18, 2026, 2:40 AM UTC · How we work

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Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust dismissed 15 staff for illegally accessing medical records.
The victims were students Barnaby Webber, Grace O’Malley-Kumar, and caretaker Ian Coates.
Sir Jim Mackey ordered immediate suspension and computer access cuts for suspected staff.
The trust issued 15 final written warnings, two first warnings and cleared two staff.
NUH notified the ICO and Nottinghamshire Police while probing surviving victims’ records.

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Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust dismissed 15 staff for illegally accessing medical records.
The victims were students Barnaby Webber, Grace O’Malley-Kumar, and caretaker Ian Coates.
Sir Jim Mackey ordered immediate suspension and computer access cuts for suspected staff.
The trust issued 15 final written warnings, two first warnings and cleared two staff.
NUH notified the ICO and Nottinghamshire Police while probing surviving victims’ records.