Question:
A comment is sought on data breaches in NHS Fife following a recent FOI response from the health board.
Response:
A spokesperson for NHS Fife said:
“NHS Fife takes its obligations around data protection extremely seriously.
“The information provided by NHS Fife relates to the number of potential data breaches that required investigation over a 10-year period. Staff in NHS Fife are asked to report every potential incident, regardless of how minor, which demonstrates our ongoing commitment to ensuring any data is held safely and securely.
“Each potential incident is thoroughly investigated. Approximately 1 in 100 potential incidents are determined to be actual data breaches and are subsequently reported to the Information Commissioners Office as per our statutory requirement.
"Where a data breach is identified, this is properly documented and reported to allow full remedial action to be taken and to address any issues. Learning from such incidents is a vital element of this work and ensures we continue to have robust systems in place to protect the data we hold.”
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