IT Mistake Erases 11 Years of Viewing History for Hospitals’ Maternity Records
The trust restored clinical notes but could not recover the full audit history for records covering 2011 to 2022, officials said.
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Nottingham Hospitals Overwrite 11 Years of Maternity Records in Routine Database Error
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust accidentally overwrote 11 years of maternity records from 2011-2022 during routine database work. Clinical data recovered, but audit logs showing who accessed files remain lost. The error at a trust already facing the largest NHS maternity scandal raises fresh questions about data safeguards. (48 words)
NUH data breach: Maternity database overwritten during routine IT work
A database containing historic maternity records for women and babies treated at Nottingham University Hospitals was accidentally overwritten during routine technical work, the trust has revealed. The incident happened on 18 August 2026 while staff were attempting to create a copy of a radiotherapy database for reporting purposes. NUH said a set of pre-written computer […]
A human error during a routine database task overwrote part of the 11-year audit history of maternity records in a UK hospital. Although NHS recovered the information needed to care for patients, it still cannot determine who consulted many of these records between 2011 and 2022. *** A re-used set of instructions was executed against the wrong database on 18 August. The clinical information needed for care was recovered and current maternity ser…
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