The sensitive medical data of transplant patients from across the UK was routinely sent over an unencrypted pager network, an NHS service has admitted. A BBC investigation found NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) sent the names, dates of birth and types of organs being offered or needed to members of hospital transplant teams who were using pagers, unaware they were not encrypted.
In 2019, then-Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced the NHS in England should stop using pagers by 2021, but some parts of the organisation have continued doing so. NHSBT said it was "deeply sorry" and has reported the data breach to the Information Commissioner. It added it has now stopped sending patient data in this way.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyj92j210do
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