Nottingham NHS trust says 15 staff dismissed over record access

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust says it has dismissed 15 employees for inappropriately accessing the medical records of three people killed in the 2023 Nottingham attacks, four more than the trust had reported in May 2026. The trust said the dismissals followed an investigation into access to records belonging to students Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar and caretaker Ian Coates. The three were killed in Nottingham on June 13, 2023. The trust’s Friday update brought the total number of reported dismissals to 15. The trust also reported issuing 15 final written warnings and two first written warnings. Two other cases resulted in no action. It said the staff facing action included doctors, nurses, registered healthcare professionals and other employees who had no legitimate reason to view the confidential records. The outcomes have been reported by the trust; the accounts of the update rely on its figures and do not provide underlying investigation records. The trust said relevant regulators and authorities, including the Nursing and Midwifery Council, the General Medical Council, the Information Commissioner’s Office and Nottinghamshire Police, had been...