Many people are concerned about the digitisation and centralisation of patient data records within the NHS, but the vast majority of data security breaches are the result of PAPER records being lost or stolen.

That’s according to freedom of information requests made by Cable.co.uk, which examined 701 security breaches relating to patient data between April 2013 and March 2014.

Only 3 of the 701 reported incidents were categorised as a "technical security failing", which would include any hacking attempts. Although 17 cases were down to the loss of hardware - presumably laptops or hard drives containing patient records.