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| Apology for dumped health records | Apology for dumped health records |
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| NHS Tayside has apologised after confidential information about children was left at an abandoned hospital. | NHS Tayside has apologised after confidential information about children was left at an abandoned hospital. |
| The documents at Strathmartine Hospital included details about a young girl's adoption and a child born with foetal alcohol syndrome. | The documents at Strathmartine Hospital included details about a young girl's adoption and a child born with foetal alcohol syndrome. |
| The concerned local who found the details said she told the health board about it more than a year ago. | The concerned local who found the details said she told the health board about it more than a year ago. |
| NHS Tayside said it expected to be on site on Thursday to make sure that all the paperwork was removed. | NHS Tayside said it expected to be on site on Thursday to make sure that all the paperwork was removed. |
| Dundee East MSP and Public Health Minister Shona Robison was also informed about the documents months ago. | Dundee East MSP and Public Health Minister Shona Robison was also informed about the documents months ago. |
| Labour's Margaret Curran said: "The report shows that the minister has stood by and done virtually nothing while medical records have been left for all and sundry to see. | Labour's Margaret Curran said: "The report shows that the minister has stood by and done virtually nothing while medical records have been left for all and sundry to see. |
| "The minister for public health must have been aware of the sensitive nature of these documents and she should have taken action or at least referred it to officials. | "The minister for public health must have been aware of the sensitive nature of these documents and she should have taken action or at least referred it to officials. |
| "The minister appears to be guilty of a dereliction of duty in this matter." | "The minister appears to be guilty of a dereliction of duty in this matter." |
| Liberal Democrat health spokesman Ross Finnie added: "The minister's failure to take immediate and effective steps and allow these records to remain open to the public is a damning indictment of the minister and her department. | Liberal Democrat health spokesman Ross Finnie added: "The minister's failure to take immediate and effective steps and allow these records to remain open to the public is a damning indictment of the minister and her department. |
| Our main priority now is to get onto the site and remove these documents as a matter of the utmost urgency Danny McLarenNHS Tayside | Our main priority now is to get onto the site and remove these documents as a matter of the utmost urgency Danny McLarenNHS Tayside |
| "It is difficult, if not impossible to see how the public can have confidence in the minister given her inexcusable failure to protect the privacy of young children. | "It is difficult, if not impossible to see how the public can have confidence in the minister given her inexcusable failure to protect the privacy of young children. |
| "The minister should offer her resignation." | "The minister should offer her resignation." |
| However, a spokesman for Ms Robison insisted that the minister had been wrongly assured by Tayside health board that the problem was being dealt with. | However, a spokesman for Ms Robison insisted that the minister had been wrongly assured by Tayside health board that the problem was being dealt with. |
| He said: "The minister did take up the issue. It was brought to her by her constituents, and she wrote on two separate occasions to the board. | He said: "The minister did take up the issue. It was brought to her by her constituents, and she wrote on two separate occasions to the board. |
| "The board wrote back in February and indicated that the problem had been partly dealt with, and the remaining part would be dealt with. | "The board wrote back in February and indicated that the problem had been partly dealt with, and the remaining part would be dealt with. |
| "The minister not unreasonably assumed that the issue had been essentially sorted out." | "The minister not unreasonably assumed that the issue had been essentially sorted out." |
| Danny McLaren, assistant chief executive at NHS Tayside, said: "We fully acknowledge that this situation should not have arisen. It is completely unacceptable and we apologise unreservedly. | Danny McLaren, assistant chief executive at NHS Tayside, said: "We fully acknowledge that this situation should not have arisen. It is completely unacceptable and we apologise unreservedly. |
| "The chairman of NHS Tayside Mr Sandy Watson has written to the minister for public health apologising for this unacceptable situation. | "The chairman of NHS Tayside Mr Sandy Watson has written to the minister for public health apologising for this unacceptable situation. |
| "Our main priority now is to get onto the site and remove these documents as a matter of the utmost urgency. | "Our main priority now is to get onto the site and remove these documents as a matter of the utmost urgency. |
| "We have contacted the owner again this morning and we expect that we will be on site today. We will then ensure that all paperwork is removed." | "We have contacted the owner again this morning and we expect that we will be on site today. We will then ensure that all paperwork is removed." |