The dad of a girl injured in the Southport attack has joined calls for a full-scale review by NHS England into the guidance and disciplinary procedures for staff who inappropriately access patient data19:29, 14 Jul 2026The dad of a young girl seriously injured in the Southport attack has voiced his outrage after learning ambulance staff may have breached her medical records while she fought for life.‌He has joined calls for a full-scale review by NHS England into the guidance and disciplinary procedures for staff who inappropriately access patient data. The girl, identified only as Child 6, was just 13-years-old when she was stabbed in the back and arm by monster Axel Rudakubana while attending a Taylor Swift themed dance class in July 2024, but thankfully survived.‌Three girls, Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, were killed in the horrific attack. The 13-year-old girl's father said: “It is a complete breach of trust in our darkest hours as a family and dampens how you feel about the amazing work they do to save lives.”‌The family were reviewing documents given to them by University Hospital Liverpool Group about the breaches at Aintree Hospital when they saw that staff from North West Ambulance Service may have also accessed their daughter’s records without cause. The document states: “There are under 10 individuals who may have inappropriately accessed the incident in the ambulance service”.It then adds that NWAS are “not formally disciplining” staff but have “strengthened their HR process for future incidents”. Fletchers Solicitors, which represents 22 of the 23 girls who survived the atrocity, including Child 6, is already investigating a breach by staff at Aintree Hospital.‌The dad said: “It was already incredibly difficult to think that NHS staff at Aintree hospital had needlessly pried into our daughter’s condition, but to then learn that ambulance staff did the same within the first 24 hours, when our daughter was at her most critical state is appalling. They weren’t checking on her condition, they just wanted to satisfy their own morbid curiosity.“The Trusts are still unable to tell us with certainty whether photographs of our daughter’s injuries were viewed by staff, so we don’t know what to believe. The decision to share what happened to her should have been our daughter’s to make, now nobody can guarantee what data was shared and retained. They’ve had multiple chances to tell us about this but instead we have been left to discover this when we should be two years into our healing journey.”‌Nicola Ryan-Donnelly, Associate Solicitor at Fletchers Solicitors said: “The recent string of patient data breaches has shown there is a deep-rooted culture of snooping within the NHS. People who are seriously injured or dying should not have the added worry that they are being pried on, as they are rushed into hospital fighting for their lives.“We want to see a full review by NHS England of the current policy governing all NHS staff on inappropriate patient data breaches. As the Hillsborough Law Bill is set to be approved this week public bodies like the NHS now have a legal duty of candour to disclose these breaches to patients."But at present patient protections appear dangerously patchy, with NHS Trusts seemingly free to enforce the rules how they see fit for their area alone. NHS staff who accessed the records of the Nottingham attack victims were dismissed from their roles; but only after an inquiry and public outrage scrutinised the actions of Trust bosses.‌“At Aintree Hospital, only five members of staff were given a final written warning after accessing the records of a young girl stabbed multiple times in the Southport attack. Because of their delays in telling the victims of the breach, several staff members had moved on from their job before they were ever sanctioned.‌“This is not good enough. The behaviour by these NHS workers is staggering and deserves more than a slap on the wrist. In the coming years the Government wants to introduce the Single Patient Record, but in light of recent events, we fear this could open the floodgates to give any NHS worker anywhere access to pry on victims of serious incidents.“We need clear assurances that the Government will properly protect patients by introducing robust mechanisms so that only clinicians with a legitimate reason for accessing a patient record can do so. The system can no longer be a free-for-all without any serious sanctions to deter NHS staff from snooping.”North West Ambulance Service, Chief Executive, Salman Desai said: “We have identified concerns about potential inappropriate access to patient records and are formally investigating the matter. We will contact families and patients who may have been affected as our enquiries progress.Article continues below“Any inappropriate access to patient information will be treated extremely seriously. We are deeply sorry for the concern and distress this may cause.”