NHS orders immediate suspension for staff caught snooping on patient records

Health leaders are cracking down on staff who look at private medical files without a good reason.

NHS leaders in England are taking a tough new stand. They say that any staff member caught looking at a patient’s medical files without a proper work reason will be suspended immediately. This move comes after a scandal involving a teenager who died ten years ago. It was discovered that staff members had been snooping through the teen’s private medical records. Normally, doctors and nurses only look at records when they are treating a person. When someone looks at a file out of curiosity or to gossip, it is a major breach of trust. It is also illegal. The NHS says this behavior is complete…