‘No excuse’: NHS health board reprimanded after patient data shared on WhatsApp over 500 times | UK News

NHS Lanarkshire is facing rebuke from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after staff members shared patient data over 500 times on WhatsApp. The sensitive data included patients’ names, phone numbers, addresses, images, videos, and clinical information. The data breach occurred between April 2020 and April 2022. The ICO has ordered NHS Lanarkshire to implement a secure system for storing clinical images and videos.