NHS

IT chiefs of UK's massive health service urge vendors to make public security pledge

Enormous org has been hit by ransomware again and again, on multiple fronts, over the past year

Cyber-crime19 May 2025 | 27

Some English hospitals doubt Palantir's utility: We'd 'lose functionality rather than gain it'

After UK spends hundreds of millions, several say existing systems are better

Databases16 May 2025 | 29

Tech suppliers asked to support single electronic health record across England

Labour health secretary’s vision for one record to rule 'em all, for each patient, set to come to market

Databases13 May 2025 | 53

Staff at UK's massive health service still have interoperability issues with electronic records

Government plans to boost efficiency with IT need to get people onside

Public Sector10 Apr 2025 | 33

Cashless society could be why fewer kids are eating coins and sticking things up their noses

NHS boffins think there's a connection, but ‘snot all good news: Swallowing batteries is even more dangerous

Science31 Mar 2025 | 33

Ransomwared NHS software supplier nabs £3M discount from ICO for good behavior

Data stolen included checklist for medics on how to get into vulnerable people's homes

Cyber-crime27 Mar 2025 | 3

Rhysida pwns two US healthcare orgs, extracts over 300K patients' data

Terabytes of sensitive info remain available for download

Cyber-crime10 Mar 2025 | 3

The NHS security culture problem is a crisis years in the making

Analysis Insiders say board members must be held accountable and drive positive change from the top down

CSO10 Mar 2025 | 29

30-year-old NHS supply chain system hit by 35 major alerts in 11 months

Updated Thousands of order lines not picked, causing delays to hospital deliveries

Applications27 Feb 2025 | 29

Already three years late, NHS finance system replacement delayed again

Project to swap out Oracle E-Business Suite gets another red rating from projects watchdog

Applications11 Feb 2025 | 24

Cyberattack on NHS causes hospitals to miss cancer care targets

Healthcare chiefs say impact will persist for months

Cyber-crime04 Feb 2025 | 12

British hospitals hit by cyberattacks still battling to get systems back online

Updated Children's hospital and cardiac unit say criminals broke in via shared 'digital gateway service'

Cyber-crime05 Dec 2024 | 21

Ransom gang claims attack on NHS Alder Hey Children's Hospital

Second alleged intrusion on English NHS org systems this week

Cyber-crime29 Nov 2024 | 21

NHS major 'cyber incident' forces hospitals to use pen and paper

Systems are isolated and pulled offline, while scheduled procedures are canceled

Cyber-crime28 Nov 2024 | 56

Another 'major cyber incident' at a UK hospital, outpatients asked to stay away

Third time this year an NHS unit's IT systems have come under attack

Cyber-crime26 Nov 2024 | 53

NHS to launch 'real-time surveillance system' to prevent future pandemics

Nanopore DNA screening technology may identify novel pathogens, propose treatments in as little as six hours

Science08 Nov 2024 | 56

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 health board 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 | 100

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