IT mistake erases 11 years of viewing history for hospitals’ maternity records

IT mistake erases 11 years of viewing history for hospitals’ maternity recordsArs Technica

Sep 22, 2026 16:55

A view of Queens Medical Centre University Hospital, part of the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust taken on January 14, 2026. — A view of Queen's Medical Centre University Hospital, part of the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust taken on January 14, 2026.

A “human error” in the IT department led to Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) losing data from maternity records over an 11-year span.

The data loss occurred on August 18, the English hospitals announced in a blog post on Monday spotted by The Register. The blog said the problem is “the result of human error” during routine technical work while “creating a copy of a radiotherapy database for reporting purposes.”

The post reads:

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