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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Josh Halliday North of England editor

NHS staff who wrongly accessed tiger victim’s records should be sacked, says Yvette Cooper

William Chapman posing for photo in front of waterfall
William Chapman died on 11 October after being mauled by a tiger at Yorkshire Wildlife Park. Photograph: South Yorkshire Police/PA

NHS staff who inappropriately accessed the medical records of a man mauled to death by a tiger should be sacked, Yvette Cooper said.

The health secretary said the incident – which followed reports earlier this year that staff had unnecessarily viewed details about the Southport attack victims and those murdered by Valdo Calocane in Nottingham in 2023 – was a “total disgrace”.

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