user: Q: Steven Murphy discovered documents from University Hospital Coventry outside his flat in Foleshill in March and April.
Hospital bosses have apologised to the patients and their families and have launched an internal investigation.
The Information Commissioner's Office said: "We're aware of an incident and are making enquiries."
Dr Subahjit Basu, an expert on NHS data at the University of Leeds School of Law said it was "a serious incident".
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Mr Murphy said: "I saw the hospital numbers, the ages, the names, the full medical conditions they were suffering from, the treatment they were receiving and their consultant's name.
"I thought that's sensitive information. They need to not allow this sort of stuff to get out of the building. They should do random searches of staff if necessary."
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust said it had informed the Information Commissioner's Office itself.
The granddaughter of a hospital patient whose records were among those found dumped near a bin said she was "absolutely devastated".
Jemma Lake said the family had "put their trust" in the NHS to care for her grandfather, who has late stage dementia, but they feel staff "completely let him down".
University Hospital in Coventry says it is investigating how this could have happened.

A: Hospital records belonging to 24 elderly patients were found dumped near a bin by a member of the public.


Text: The 56-year-old woman was in a Ford Focus when it collided with a Ford Fiesta in Lower Road, Higham, in Kent, on 5 December 2015.
She died at the scene and two men were seriously injured.
Ian Harvey, 24, of Burdett Avenue, Gravesend, admitted causing death by careless or inconsiderate driving in September.
He denied the more serious charge, as well as two counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
He was found not guilty of the three dangerous driving charges following a trial at Maidstone Crown Court and will be sentenced for the lesser charge on Friday.
summary: A man who caused the death of a woman in a crash has been found not guilty of dangerous driving.


Question:
Article:The action stoked fears of rising tensions in the Middle East and oil prices jumped in response.
The Dow Jones fell 40 points, or 0.2% to 17,678, while the broader S&P 500 dropped 5 points, or 0.2%, to end on 2,056.
The tech-focused Nasdaq closed 13 points lower, or 0.3%, at 4,863.
Oil prices surged on news of the airstrikes. Brent crude futures jumped $2.6 to hit $59.09 a barrel, while US crude settled $2.08 higher at $51.29 a barrel, having peaked at $52.48 a barrel earlier.
"Obviously the situation in Yemen is being used as the excuse for this pullback, which is a continuation of yesterday," Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at Rockwell Global Capital, told Reuters.
Among individual stocks, Sandisk fell 18% after the firm cut its outlook for revenues for both the first quarter of 2015 and the full year.
Yoga-attire maker Lululemon Athletica jumped 4.9% as revenues for the three months to 1 February rose 15.6% to $602.5m.
The dollar gained 0.8% against the euro, edging to â‚¬0.9188.

Summarize the main points of that article.
Answer:
(Close): Stocks on Wall Street closed lower as global markets tumbled following news of airstrikes by Saudi Arabia and its allies on Yemen.


input: Article: The image of a clown promotes PrimEVIL at Lenwade, Norfolk, and can be seen in about 40 locations around Norwich.
PrimEVIL is for over-12s and is made up of themed zones including a haunted hotel and a zombie facility.
The Advertising Standards Authority has received 21 complaints. The organiser said it does not contravene standards.
Goymour Properties, which runs PrimEVIL at the Dinosaur Adventure Park, said its posters had been on display since early September.
However, after receiving complaints, a poster near a school has been moved and another outside a shop was replaced.
The firm has previously told complainants the poster "does not transgress the criteria for such public posters and do not contravene advertising standards".
Martin Goymour told the BBC: "The clown compares very favourably to some of the posters used to promote films, such as the Batman and Joker film.
"We deliberately did not use bloody or gory images."
Johannah Martin complained to Dinosaur Adventure and the ASA after her daughter was upset by a poster which has since been removed in Rackheath.
She said: "If you take your child to a shop to look at horrific masks and outfits, that is your choice. We had no choice but to see this."
The ASA said it had launched a formal investigation following 21 complaints that the advert is inappropriate for outdoor display because it is distressing for children and likely to cause fear or distress.
"We're now liaising with the advertiser to give them the opportunity to defend their ad," a spokesman said.
"We will establish whether the advertising rules have been broken and publish our findings in due course."

Summarize.
output: An advert for a Halloween attraction is being investigated by the regulatory body after complaints it is "distressing" and "inappropriate".


Q: The Friday strike will affect short- and medium-haul flights, similar to Wednesday's action.
Pilots staged a walk-out for long-haul flights on Thursday.
The pilots' union is hoping strikes will put pressure on management during negotiations on retirement benefits.
Lufthansa spokesman Martin Riecken said the company would be able to fly three-quarters of flights on Friday across all carriers under the Lufthansa group, including Swiss International and Austrian Airlines. He said the company would like to resume negotiations with the union.
Lufthansa wanted to get rid of a programme that allows pilots to retire at age 55 and receive up to 60% of their pay until they reach the statutory retirement age of 65.
Mr Ricecken says a new deal has been tabled by the airline offering to continue the benefit for existing pilots, but with a higher average retirement age of 61 and closing the scheme to new pilots.
The airline has been plagued by strikes, which last year cost it €232m (£165m).
"It's not about preventing strategic business decisions," said Jorg Handwerg, a spokesman for the union, Vereinigung Cockpit, in a statement on its website. "Competition should not lead to a sell-off of the values ​​that have a significant role in ensuring that Lufthansa has become one of the world's leading aerospace companies."
The moves are intended as a cost-savings effort, as Lufthansa struggles to compete with low-cost competitors and rivals such as Emirates and Turkish Airlines.

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assistant: Lufthansa pilots plan a third day of striking on Friday, following two days of planned action on Wednesday and Thursday, potentially disrupting thousands of passengers.