It is understood that the breach emerged as part of a standard information access audit carried out by the trust in the days after the attack.<\/p>\n
Nicola Ryan-Donnelly, from Fletcher’s Solicitors which represents the teenage patient, said: “This is a deeply disturbing abuse of power and a shocking breach of privacy into the care of several Southport victims, including a young girl.<\/p>\n
“Our client, who is now growing into a young woman, is old enough to properly understand what this means: that staff opened her records, not to aid to her recovery but to pry.”<\/p>\n
The Chief Executive of UHLG, James Sumner, said the trust was “sincerely sorry for any distress that may have been caused to the patients”.<\/p>\n
He said that staff who were found to have accessed patient records were subject to disciplinary processes ranging from “informal counselling to a final written warning”. None of the staff members were dismissed.<\/p>\n
Lucas said: “The decision to keep this from me for almost two years is a new low. <\/p>\n
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