Sky News’s Kay Burley has been criticised for calling 56 Dean Street, an “AIDS Clinic”
Kay Burley has come under fire for calling 56 Dean Street, the NHS sexual health clinic, currently under fire for an email data breach, an “AIDS clinic.” 56 Dean Street is a sexual health clinic which is predominantly aimed at the gay community in London
Tweeting about the email breach of around 780 of the clinic’s HIV patients, Kay Burley said,
“Aids clinic which revealed patients names: Clearly this is completely unacceptable. We are urgently investigating how this has happened”
Aids clinic which revealed patients names: Clearly this is completely unacceptable. We are urgently investigating how this has happened
Aids clinic which revealed patients names: Clearly this is completely unacceptable. We are urgently investigating how this has happened
— Kay Burley (@KayBurley) September 2, 2015
Slamming Ms. Burley, GMFA CEO Matthew Hodson corrected her by Tweeting,
“Because of the great work of @56deanstreet & others very few people now progress to #AIDS. @KayBurley please get your terminology right.”
Because of the great work of @56deanstreet & others very few people now progress to #AIDS. @KayBurley please get your terminology right.
— Matthew Hodson (@Matthew_Hodson) September 2, 2015
Britain’s Got Talent’s Aaron Carty, who wowed judges with his Beyonce Experience, corrected the news anchor by saying,
“It’s actually a sexual health clinic @KayBurley @SkyNews @56deanstreet”
It's actually a sexual health clinic @KayBurley @SkyNews @56deanstreet
— A A R O N C Λ R T Y (@AaronCarty) September 2, 2015
Speaking to THEGAYUK about the mistake, a spokesperson for the clinic said,
“We can confirm that due to an administrative error, a newsletter about services at 56 Dean Street was sent to an email group rather than individual recipients.
We have immediately contacted all the email recipients to inform them of the error and apologise. Any concerned patients can call 020 3315 9555 and 020 3315 9594.”
