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Health alert as NHS Lothian loses patient records

Private records containing medical histories of 137 patients have been lost by a health service worker, the NHS said today.

Private records containing medical histories of 137 patients have been lost by a health service worker, the NHS said today.

Copies of letters sent to Edinburgh GPs by NHS Lothian over two years were stored on a computer memory stick in breach of data protection rules.