Oliver Heald, the Conservative MP for North East Hertfordshire, appeared in person to ask the Court of Appeal to increase the sentence.

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Doctors will now discuss with patients which other provider within the East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust is most appropriate for their treatment.

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East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust has been found in breach of data protection after a doctor lost a memory stick on a train.

BBC: Patients' details lost on train by Hertfordshire doctor

The East and North Hertfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) said it had dropped referrals of joint replacements, which were the "most complex surgical treatments" handled at the centre.

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Flows in the River Lee, which passes through Hertfordshire and parts of north-east London, are at less than a quarter of the long-term average for the waterway.

BBC: South East latest part of England officially in drought