00:01For survivors of the Southport attack, the trauma of that day has never fully gone away.
00:05Now, fresh concerns have emerged over how some of those victims were treated afterwards,
00:09as it's been revealed dozens of hospital workers accessed confidential medical records without legitimate reason.
00:16Leanne Lucas, who was leading the Taylor Swift-themed dance workshop when Axel Rudigabana carried out the attack,
00:21says she's absolutely devastated and horrified by what she described as an abuse of trust.
00:26Three girls, nine-year-old Alistair Silva Agria, six-year-old B.B. King and seven-year-old Elsie Dot
00:31Stankham,
00:32were murdered in the attack at the Hart Space. Ten other people were also injured.
00:36Some of those hurt were treated by University Hospitals of Liverpool Group.
00:40An internal information access audit carried out by the Trust in the days after the attack
00:45found 48 staff members had access to victims' records without good reason.
00:49Those affected were only informed in recent weeks.
00:51Ms Lucas said the decision to keep the breach from victims for so long represents what she called a new
00:56law.
00:57Nicola Brooke, Legal Director at Brodie Jackson-Canto, which represents three survivors at the Southport Inquiry,
01:02says the scale of the breach points to what she describes as a wider cultural problem rather than isolated wrongdoing.
01:09The Trust said it reported the incidents in the Information Commissioner's office in August 2024
01:13and notified relevant regulators.
01:15Chief Executive James Sumner said the decision not to tell patients immediately was taken
01:21after considering the potential psychological impact at the time.
01:24He says staff found to have accessed records inappropriately faced disciplinary action.
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