Lost or abandoned medical files: claiming compensation

Lost or abandoned medical files, records and information could lead to data misuse and exposure that can cause harm to victims who have been affected.

As a leading firm of privacy compensation specialists, Your Lawyers – The Data Leak Lawyers – represent clients for cases where this exact kind of breach has happened. You could be eligible to recover thousands of pounds in compensation and we may be able to represent you now on a No Win, No Fee basis.

Make sure to speak to our team for expert and specialist advice here now on a free and no-obligation basis.

Compensation for lost or abandoned medical information

You could be entitled to claim compensation if you have been affected by issues in relation to lost or abandoned medical records or files. Healthcare information is specifically protected as “special category” information in accordance with the GDPR, and there are good reasons as to why it is treated so confidentially. Medical data is typically the kind of information that we want to remain private, so any misuse or loss of such data could cause significant harm to victims.

If you have suffered distress as a result of lost or abandoned medical records or information, you could be entitled to claim compensation now. If information has been irretrievably lost and has caused you physical harm, or where it has caused some kind of impact on you, or if information is found abandoned, there may be a case to pursue. In this kind of case, we can normally offer No Win, No Fee legal representation if we believe that we can secure compensation for you.

All you need to do to find out if you can claim is contact our expert team here now for free, no-obligation legal advice.

An example last year

There have been plenty of examples over time of lost or abandoned medical records and information, and this causing harm to people. In relation to abandoned confidential medical details, there was an example in the news last year where information for hundreds of patients was reportedly found dumped in an unsecured cabinet outside a disused doctors’ surgery. The abandoned cabinet was reportedly discovered outside of the Priory Medical Centre which is no longer in use.

The abandoned data was later recovered and secured but, by this point, it could be hard to tell who has been accessing the abandoned information and for what purposes.

NHS data breach claim for compensation

You could be entitled to pursue an NHS data breach claim for compensation, and we may be able to represent you for a case on a No Win, No Fee basis.

Data breach compensation pay-outs and amounts in these kinds of cases can be substantial given the nature of the information that is affected and the impact this can have on the victim. You could be eligible to recover thousands or even tens of thousands of pounds depending on the nature of the information and the impact it has had on you. Your Lawyers, as specialist, leading data protection compensation experts, can make sure to maximise what you are entitled to receive.

The GDPR can be used as an avenue to pursue justice for what you have had to go through, and you do not need to suffer in silence. Speak to our team here now for free, no-obligation legal advice.

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