Royal Cornwall NHS trust breach helpline left staff with significant emotional burden
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An NHS trust accidentally published a spreadsheet that could reveal sickness records and health data of around 8,000 staff and workers. A helpline set up to answer worried callers left staff distressed and without proper training or support, and it ran far longer than planned. A review found the spreadsheet was published in 2023 and was not noticed until a member of the public spotted it in 2025.
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