AN NHS Trust has been fined £180,000 after mistakenly revealing the email addresses of more than 700 people who use an HIV service.

The 56 Dean Street clinic in London's Soho sent out a newsletter last year to patients on a group email, rather than to individuals, meaning patients who have attended clinics there were able to read the names and email addresses of other patients.

The clinic and others in the trust's network make up Europe's biggest sexual health service.

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, which runs the clinic, has been fined £180,000.

In total 730 of the 781 email addresses contained people's full name.

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