At least five Bristol NHS staff may have accessed Oliver McGowan's records inappropriately since his 2016 death, with three nurses under formal investigation and a doctor self-referring to regulators. A broader pattern emerges: 214 NHS staff lost jobs and 2,000 faced sanctions for unauthorized patient data access over five years, prompting NHS England warnings of potential dismissal or prosecution.
NHS staff under investigation for accessing dead teen's medical records without permission
Oliver McGowan died in 2016 after receiving anti-psychotic medication against his family's repeated warnings; his family now faces distress from unauthorized access to deeply personal medical records about his death.