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Investigation into claims NHS staff accessed medical records of schoolgirl who died on camping trip
NHS Tayside said any data protection breach would be recorded and reported to the Information Commissioner’s Office if serious enough.
- NHS Tayside has launched an investigation into an alleged data breach involving the medical records of nine-year-old Minnie Merriman, who died after being found injured in Arbroath.
- Minnie was found injured early Monday at the Elliot Industrial Estate while her family were camping in the area, later dying at Ninewells Hospital; her father, Christopher Rice, faces a murder charge.
- NHS Tayside confirmed the alleged breach occurred in a working clinical area where staff access patient information, stating any such incident would be "recorded and investigated" as a matter of governance.
- Minnie's family requested privacy in a statement released through Police Scotland, while local councillors Jack Cruickshanks and Lois Speed described the death as a profound tragedy.
- NHS Tayside stated serious breaches would be reported to the Information Commissioner, though a spokesperson declined to comment further on individual staffing matters during the ongoing investigation.
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Great Yorkshire RadioInvestigation into claims NHS staff accessed medical records of schoolgirl who died on camping trip
Minnie Merriman, from West Yorkshire, was found just after midnight on Monday at the Elliot industrial estate in Arbroath, Scotland. She was taken to Ninewells Hospital in Dundee, where she later died.
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