NHS data loss scandal deepens with further 162,000 files missing

Revelation that further documents are missing was made at inquiry into disappearance of original 702,000 pieces of paperwork The scandal over the biggest ever loss of NHS medical correspondence has deepened with the revelation that a further 162,000 documents went missing, in addition to the 702,000 pieces of paperwork already known to have gone astray.MPs said they were “dumbstruck” to learn that even more material relating to patients’ health had been mislaid, some of it by N