Scottish Ambulance Service apologise after staff data leak

The Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) is investigating a leak of staff data relating to community first responders.

The service issued an apology to a number of individuals over the error, which relates to an email sent on 16 January.

It included an attached excel file containing personal details.

An SAS spokesman confirmed an email was "sent out in error". The matter has been reported to the Information Commissioner's Office.

The spokesman added: "Once notified of the administrative error, we took immediate action which included a thorough investigation and contacting all those who received the email to apologise and reassure them that it had been reported and was being managed in line with our policies."

In 2018 the SAS confirmed employees work contact details were temporarily shared online but then removed.

Following the leak it said no patient data was ever at risk.