This is alarming news, but precisely what was predicted

Police probe breach of NHS smartcard security as e-records launched in London | 16 Nov 2009 | ComputerWeekly.com

An NHS trust at the forefront of work on the £12.7bn NHS IT scheme has called in police after a breach of smartcard security compromised the confidentiality of hundreds of electronic records.

The local primary care trust, NHS Hull, says it is “shocked” at the breach of security by a member of staff who has since left.

Doctors say that the breach of security at NHS Hull shows that an insider with a smartcard can access confidential electronic records without authorisation, if the person is determined to do so.

They say that this will deepen the scepticism of some doctors that centrally-held medical records will remain confidential under the NPfIT.

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