Essex nurse suspended for accessing ex’s confidential records

She hasn't worked as a nurse since

Author: Sian RochePublished 14th Jan 2022

A nurse from Essex has been suspended for six months after she accessed her ex-partner's confidential records to find out information including their postcode.

The Nursing and Midwifery Council found Claire Louisa Thirkell, who was working as a nurse and functional assessor at the Centre for Health and Disability Assessments at the time accessed the records four times in July 2019 without any clinical justification.

Miss Thirkell was given a suspension order of six months and an interim suspension order of 18 months.

A spokesperson for the Centre for Health and Disability Assessments said: “We take complaints about professional standards and data security incredibly seriously.

“As soon as this complaint was made, we carried out a full investigation and reported the individual to the Nursing and Midwifery Council. They were subsequently dismissed and no longer work for the Centre for Health and Disability Assessments.”

She has not worked as a nurse since the incident.

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