IT mistake erases 11 years of viewing history for hospitals’ maternity records
Summary
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust lost 11 years of viewing history from its maternity records due to a human error in the IT department. The mistake happened when a copy process meant for a different database was run on the maternity records, overwriting important data that cannot be fully restored.Key Facts
- The data loss occurred on August 18 and affected maternity records from September 2011 to November 2022.
- The error happened during routine IT work intended to copy a radiotherapy database; a setting was not changed, so the maternity database was overwritten instead.
- The hospital cannot confirm if specific people accessed maternity records during this time because the viewing history was erased.
- Patient care data like notes, test results, and observations were recovered and are unaffected.
- No patient information was accessed or misused due to this incident.
- The hospital acted quickly to fix the problem and is working with outside experts to recover more data.
- NUH is also under police investigation for other serious maternity care issues, including allegations of harm and deaths linked to system failures.
- Police are checking if the recent data loss affects the ongoing investigation and whether any crimes took place.
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