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Q: If Pesky Pepper had a peek at patient papers, at how many patient papers did Pesky Pepper peek? A: 231

Rol

While working in a busy city hospital on very low pay, I had three years of unfettered access to the medical records of everyone in the city. On top of that I could easily have requested the records of any other UK citizen.

And I did read loads and loads of records, and request loads and loads of records from hospitals around the country, but not once was it out of curiosity. Every file I opened was due to a medical requirement, and was part of my job.

And while I speak for myself, I can assure you my colleagues were too busy and too professional to stoop to such disgraceful behaviour.

Be assured, the bored receptionist woudn't have lasted a week before losing her job for unprofessional conduct, in my hospital and any other you care to mention.

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