Data Breach Exposes Hospital Staff Sickness Records

Data Breach Exposes Hospital Staff Sickness Records

First seen 10 Dec 2025, 15:48 UTC CornwallliveBbc 58.6

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A data breach at Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust has led to the exposure of personal details of 8,100 current and former staff. The breach involved an editable spreadsheet that was inadvertently disclosed as part of a Freedom of Information request, revealing staff names, job titles, and sickness absence data from April 2020 to May 2023.