NHS trust sacks staff over accessing attacks victims' records

Eleven members of staff have been sacked by an NHS trust for inappropriately accessing medical records of the Nottingham attacks victims. Nottingham students Barnaby Webber and Grace O'Malley-Kumar, and grandfather Ian Coates, were stabbed to death on 13 June 2023 by Valdo Calocane, who was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia in 2020. On Thursday, Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS Trust confirmed it had dismissed 11 members of staff, while 12 had received final written warnings and two had first written warnings. The families of Barnaby, Grace and Ian welcomed the action by the trust but called the development a "kick in the teeth" amid an ongoing inquiry examining the attacks. The trust said it had informed Nottinghamshire Police and the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) of the outcomes of the investigation. A spokesperson for the ICO said: "We will assess any evidence provided by the trust in due course and consider our next steps, including whether any criminal investigations need to be opened for breaking data protection law." Nottinghamshire Police said there was "no criminal investigation". A public statutory inquiry, which is examining the lead-up to the atta