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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Denis Campbell Health policy editor

Twenty-four UK doctors in five years censured over medical record breaches

Medical records illustration
The GMC reiterated that doctors should not access patients’ records without a medical reason. Photograph: oonal/Getty Images

Two-dozen doctors have been disciplined by the UK medical regulator in the last five years after accessing and using information from patients’ treatment records without good reason.

The General Medical Council (GMC) said it had struck off two of the 24 doctors it had sanctioned after finding that they had undertaken “inappropriate use” of medical records.

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