Data breaches at CUH as ex-staff retain security access

Ex-hospital staff can still access sensitive patient data files because of serious IT security failures, while other computer problems have caused thousands of patient medical record mistakes.

The catalogue of errors is detailed in a major HSE internal audit report on Cork University Hospital.

The heavily redacted 63-page document, obtained under the Freedom of Information Act and available at irishexaminer.com, has warned of serious flaws in how patient information is stored and collated.