Norfolk & Norwich Hospital pays out £47k following data breaches

A UK hospital has compensated five claimants £47,000 ($66,000) for data breaches, with four involving patient data. The health sector’s data breaches increased by 21% to 1,949 incidents from 2022 to 2023. Unauthorised access to personal data was the most common breach. The NHS trust stated that it takes data usage seriously and ensures that breaches are fully investigated for learning purposes.