NHS data could be on stolen laptop
The details of as many as 3,000 patients could have been on a computer stolen from a GP's surgery.
A laptop containing patients' names, addresses, dates of birth and phone numbers was taken from the surgery in Newport, south Wales, on November 5.
It is part of a screening service for diabetic people with eye problems.
Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust chief executive Hugh Ross announced in a statement that 950 patients had definitely been affected by the incident.
But he later told BBC Wales's Dragon's Eye programme that information about as many as 2,000 or 3,000 patients could be on the laptop.
The trust said the computer did not contain any national insurance numbers or medical information, but a link to a picture of patients' retinas was stored on it. Some patients' NHS numbers were also on it.
It is writing to those affected by the theft.
Mr Ross told the programme he had found out about its disappearance at Tuesday lunchtime.
He said: "Some of the letters (to patients) have been posted today and some will be posted tomorrow.
"What I'm concerned about is my staff were investigating it, but very slowly and that's not good enough and that's what we need to get to the bottom of."
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