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From hospital records to country roads: new enforcement plans take different routes

Two enforcement actions this week show authorities relying on immediate NHS suspensions for unauthorised record access and possible villager help to stop lorries ignoring weight limits.

NHS England and Wiltshire authorities this week set out separate crackdowns on two different types of rule-breaking [1][2]. NHS England said staff suspected of accessing patient records without proper justification will be immediately suspended and have their access to computer systems cut off, under a zero-tolerance approach to 'snooping staff' [1]. BBC News Wiltshire reported that authorities want to stop lorry drivers from ignoring 7.5-tonne weight restrictions in some areas, and that villagers may be asked to help [2].

Sources

  1. NHS England: NHS staff suspected of snooping on patient records to be immediately suspended
  2. BBC News Wiltshire: Villagers may be asked to help in HGV crackdown

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