
A MISSING computer disc holding medical records of 160,000 children has been found – stuck in a conveyor belt at a giant mail depot.
The CD, which had been lost in the post, was spotted by a worker at the TNT parcel office.
It is thought to have become lodged in the workings of a mechanical sorting system at the distribution firm’s main depot in Nine Elms, South West London.
A further EIGHT discs containing patient records are still unaccounted for.
But the find raises hopes that those – plus two others holding personal details of half the population – could be lying unnoticed, rather than in the hands of identity thieves.
TNT alerted police as soon as the disc was discovered on Saturday.
A source said: “We’re pleased it’s back in safe hands.â€
