NHS England warned about plans to extend Covid-era rules for patient data access Governance and public consultation need work before rule change goes ahead Databases16 Oct 2024 | 9
NHS drops another billion on tech in the hope of finally going digital Framework promised last year set to reach value of up to £2.5B after chat with supply chain Software23 Sep 2024 | 62
'IT failure' hits blood tests as another critical incident declared by NHS Unlike in London, foul play isn’t suspected On-Prem11 Sep 2024 | 7
Key aspects of Palantir's Federated Data Platform lack legal basis, lawyers tell NHS England Exclusive Unless solution found, patients must be allowed to opt out Databases05 Sep 2024 | 60
NHS dangles £1.5B carrot to be outfitted with everything from PCs to printers Gadget gladiators line up to supply world's largest healthcare org Public Sector02 Sep 2024 | 31
Prior UK government planned £485M four-year budget for Palantir-based healthcare system Exclusive Documents from NHS England meeting reveal scope of politicos spending intent Databases21 Aug 2024 | 22
UK health services call-handling vendor faces $7.7M fine over 2022 ransomware attack Nearly 83,000 people had their data stolen amid chaos that struck NHS healthcare Cyber-crime07 Aug 2024 | 11
Second NHS IT system confirmed to be affected by CrowdStrike issues Cancer treatments are in jeopardy across multiple healthcare facilities Software19 Jul 2024 | 34
Cancer patient forced to make terrible decision after Qilin attack on London hospitals Exclusive Skin-sparing mastectomy and breast reconstruction scrapped as result of ransomware at supplier Malware Month05 Jul 2024 | 73
Row erupts over data sharing function in UK doctor software Union advises members to turn off features government introduced to allow third parties to update records Public Sector04 Jul 2024 | 38
Qilin: We knew our Synnovis attack would cause a healthcare crisis at London hospitals Interview Cybercriminals claim they used a zero-day to breach pathology provider’s systems Cyber-crime20 Jun 2024 | 25
NHS boss says Scottish trust wouldn't give cyberattackers what they wanted CEO of Dumfries and Galloway admits circa 150K people should assume their details leaked Cyber-crime18 Jun 2024 | 13
Student's flimsy bin bags blamed for latest NHS data breach Confidential patient information found by member of the public Security13 Jun 2024 | 63
London hospitals left in critical condition after ransomware attack Pathology lab provider targeted, affecting blood transfusions and surgeries Cyber-crime04 Jun 2024 | 77
NHS Digital hints at exploit sightings of Arcserve UDP vulnerabilities When PoC code is released within a day of disclosure, it's only a matter of time before attacks kick off Patches14 May 2024 | 4
UK public voice fear over security in NHS data systems NHS England's own survey also reveals suspicions that it would sell data to third parties Databases13 May 2024 | 23
KPMG bags £8.5M NHS gig as cheerleader for Federated Data Platform rollout Consultancy tasked with helping local services get on board Public Sector16 Apr 2024 | 7
INC Ransom claims responsibility for attack on NHS Scotland Sensitive documents dumped on leak site amid claims of 3 TB of data stolen in total Cyber-crime28 Mar 2024 | 14
UK health department republishes £330M Palantir contract with fewer ██████ As Good Law Project considers response, ICO slams failure to comply with FoI request Databases25 Mar 2024 | 43
UK finance minister promises NHS £3.4B IT investment to unlock £35B savings Now, who was it 'challenged' the NHS to go paperless by 2018? Public Sector07 Mar 2024 | 73
Oracle Cerner system implementation risks future patient deaths, coroner warns Doctors voiced concern over lack of Red-Amber-Green rating system, says report Databases29 Feb 2024 | 12
Legal campaigners challenge UK.gov decision to redact NHS-Palantir contract Federated Data Platform agreement merits pre-action letter from Good Law Project Databases20 Feb 2024 | 22
NHS in Wales bets big on Microsoft with deal worth nearly half a billion Forget historic cloud downtime, latest contract with reseller to offer 'agile and flexible' approach SaaS13 Feb 2024 | 28
'Exemplar' digital hospitals trust hit by multiple tech-related traumas Retrieving electronic records takes 45 minutes and staff say they don't have time to use systems Public Sector31 Jan 2024 | 25
Expert sounds alarm bells over upcoming NHS data platform Research warns not to make the same mistakes as other electronic patient record systems Databases05 Jan 2024 | 18
Yet another UK public sector data blab, this time info of pregnant women, cancer patients NHS Trust admits highly sensitive data left online for nearly three years Public Sector07 Dec 2023 | 10
Health crusaders prep legal challenge over NHS mega contract with Palantir Updated Groups claim Federated Data Platform requires new legislation to go ahead Databases01 Dec 2023 | 10
Regulator says stranger entered hospital, treated a patient, took a document ... then vanished Scottish health group to tweak security checks, access authorization to avoid a repeat Security01 Dec 2023 | 98
Palantir bags £330M NHS data bonanza despite privacy fears Award follows £1 deal during pandemic and £60 million in non-competitive contracts Databases22 Nov 2023 | 35
Half a billion pound NHS data platform award still stuck in the pipes Palantir users' endorsement letter could lay the ground for Palantir win Databases20 Oct 2023 | 11
Royal College considers no confidence move after Excel recruitment debacle Mangled spreadsheets mean government was asleep on the job and should be held to account Personal Tech20 Oct 2023 | 40
It's time to celebrate the abysmal efforts to go paperless in the NHS Study reveals a billion spent to store paper records for 5 years as deadlines come and go Public Sector05 Oct 2023 | 59
Contract for England's controversial health data platform delayed NHS also launches £2M project to engage patients with data strategy Databases29 Sep 2023 | 14
NHS watchdog expresses vendor lock-in concerns over Federated Data Platform deal Quango must show Palantir does not have unfair advantage in procurement Databases29 Aug 2023 | 8
UK health service has £1.5B to put toward Digital Workplace Solutions 2: Electric Boogaloo Four-year deal set to start next summer On-Prem24 Aug 2023 | 11
Brit healthcare body rapped for WhatsApp chat sharing patient data Time for a proper secure clinical image transfer system, perhaps? Security03 Aug 2023 | 69
Ambulance patient records system hauled offline for cyber-attack probe UK trusts serving 12 million people affected as vendor awaits results of forensic investigation Cyber-crime26 Jul 2023 | 13
Barts NHS hack leaves folks on tenterhooks over extortion BlackCat pounces on 7TB of data and theatens to release it Black Hat and DEF CON11 Jul 2023 | 23
Russian military satellite comms provider offline after hack Infosec in brief ALSO: Ransomware hit on Mancunian Uni spills NHS patient deets, USPTO leaks inventor info, and this week's crit vulns Systems03 Jul 2023 | 6
Microsoft signs 1.5 million seat contract for Office 365 and more $940m agreement with one of world's largest employers is value for money, we are assured Sysadmin Month30 Jun 2023 | 49
Mega-data platform worth half a billion will suck in info from family doctors UK officials argue NHS patient details will only be available locally PaaS + IaaS23 Jun 2023 | 30
Palantir's deals with NHS England top £60M – without competition Latest £24.9M 'transition' contract an attempt to bridge gap to contract UK.gov is due to award in September Databases20 Jun 2023 | 7
Lantum S3 bucket leak is prescription for chaos for thousands of UK doctors Updated Freelance agency exposed personal details that would be highly valuable in the wrong hands Cyber-crime12 Jun 2023 | 12
Individual data platforms for all health providers under controversial NHS plans Procurement under threat of legal action imagines trusts will tailor systems for their own use cases PaaS + IaaS31 May 2023 | 11
Keir Starmer's techno-fix for the NHS: Déjà vu disaster or brave new blunder? Opinion Beware over promising benefits and underestimating complexity Off-Prem23 May 2023 | 138
NHS England spends £8M to extend Microsoft deals by a month Updated Good day at the Office for Windows giant as nurses still fight for pay raises PaaS + IaaS18 May 2023 | 52
NHS England considered using Palantir tech to manage strike disruption But then opted for spreadsheets instead Databases17 Apr 2023 | 20
UK consortium bid for NHS data platform falls at first hurdle Vows to regroup and come back stronger after failing in bid Palantir is pipped to win PaaS + IaaS17 Apr 2023 | 43
NHS Highland 'reprimanded' by data watchdog for BCC blunder with HIV patients 'Serious breach of trust' says ICO, 'stakes too high' for mistakes in cases like this Security31 Mar 2023 | 26
UnitedHealth's buyout of UK's EMIS could reduce competition: UK watchdog NHS could also be hit with higher prices as a result of the merger, CMA argues in initial investigation Software20 Mar 2023 | 9
NHS threatened with legal action over £480m patient data platform Updated Campaigners ask if Palantir's 'must-win' contract could see tech giants build products on NHS data Spotlight on Databases17 Mar 2023 | 17
UK consortium set to bid for £480 million NHS data platform Syndicate wants to see health service 'stay in control' in face of fierce competition from Palantir Databases28 Feb 2023 | 26
Tech job vacancies hamper England's digital health plans £1.1M ambition to recruit 10,000 pros 'inadequate' says committee Off-Prem22 Feb 2023 | 45
UK health department contracts 'critical friend' for £480m data platform As IT spending drops below promised billions, there's always room for those offering the right kind of feedback Offbeat10 Feb 2023 | 8
UK health minister confirms data platform worth £480m will replicate Palantir dashboards Suppliers competing for lucrative prize will rely on 'interoperability' of existing work from US spy-tech firm Databases06 Feb 2023 | 23
Labyrinth of 371 legacy systems hindered hospital's IT meltdown recovery Guy's and St Thomas' in London spent two months getting back on its feet after heatwave fried datacenter Systems30 Jan 2023 | 38
That NHS England patient data platform procurement, FDP, is live. And worth up to £480m References to Palantir use cases, 'unique tools' litter the tender docs as critics mull legal action Databases11 Jan 2023 | 20
NHS England Palantir contract extension could result in further legal threats After promising to return Covid-era data to NHS, UK govt ploughs on with extension, expansion PaaS + IaaS06 Jan 2023 | 35
French JV wins contract to upgrade NHS Oracle finance system After four years of talks, competition goes to incumbent supplier Databases15 Dec 2022 | 1
Inadequate IT partly to blame for NHS doctors losing 13.5 million working hours Anyone who's ever been in the system will be very familiar with British medical professionals' complaints On-Prem09 Dec 2022 | 115
Rights groups threaten legal action over NHS data pilot based on Palantir tech 'Acute and justifiable fear' in the way patient data is set to be processed, campaigners warn Databases06 Dec 2022 | 21
Doctors call for greater scrutiny of bidders for platform that pools UK's health info Supplier 'ethics' in the spotlight after Palantir makes multimillion competition a 'must-win' PaaS + IaaS25 Nov 2022 | 57