Apologies for the wait, we're overwhelmed. Yes, this is the hospital. You need to what?! Do a software licence audit? Vendors slammed for 'lack of proper judgement' during the pandemic Software12 Jan 2021 | 54
UK's NHS Digital hands £8m contract to lab data biz after trouble matching COVID-19 tests to health records Updated Without competition due to 'extreme urgency' around pandemic Software05 Jan 2021 | 32
North of England NHS buyers name IT consultants who got in on £200m framework deal Hundreds of millions of pounds' worth of consultancy work farmed out On-Prem22 Dec 2020 | 21
NHS awards £23m two-year deal to controversial Peter Thiel AI firm Palantir Legal challenges? Scrutiny? Ah, never mind those Legal21 Dec 2020 | 39
NHS trust launches £60m software procurement to improve staffing efficiency Chester healthcare provider needs some tech to help wrangle its temps Software21 Dec 2020 | 15
£8bn digitisation strategy for UK's health service doesn't count as a strategy, says spending watchdog 'It does not set out how the NHS will deliver its ambitions in practice'. As for that paperless NHS? Strategy watered down and deadline dates moved Legal10 Nov 2020 | 11
Update to NHS COVID-19 app brings improved warnings, end to 'ghost' notifications It's all about timing, apparently Software29 Oct 2020 | 32
Much like the British on holiday, NHS COVID-19 app refuses to work with phones using unsupported languages Issue affects Android devices but fix said to be imminent Software28 Oct 2020 | 48
NHS COVID-19 contact tracing app is leaving some unable to access government self-isolation grants 'That button is there on the app' says minister. How many times have you heard a client make wild claims about functionality? Software23 Oct 2020 | 45
NHS awards £500m everything-and-the-kitchen-sink framework to a long list of resellers Backup, servers, storage, LAN, WAN and SAN, and software galore On-Prem22 Oct 2020 | 7
NHS looks to the market for advice on one system to replace two separate, giant Oracle ERP and HR systems A hornet's nest within a can of worms running systems worth billions of pounds.. SaaS15 Oct 2020 | 35
NHS England offers £15m to AI firms for software that helps with stroke victims' treatment as COVID-19 stretches service Raising inevitable concerns over protection of patient data AI + ML08 Oct 2020 | 6
UK privacy watchdog confirms probe into NHS England COVID-19 app after complaints of spammy emails, texts Exclusive Officials say it was a 'matter of public health importance to encourage people to download the app' Security01 Oct 2020 | 110
NHS England awards £1.6m deal to build digital staff 'passports' in fight against coronavirus second wave Leaving it a bit late, aren't we? They better be blue Software30 Sep 2020 | 24
NHS COVID-19 app's first weekend: With fundamental testing flaw ironed out, bugs remaining are relatively trivial Shaky start out of the gates and still some issues, but at least it's here Software28 Sep 2020 | 144
England's COVID-tracking app finally goes live after 6 months of work – including backpedal on how to handle data Just in time for the second wave and new movement restrictions Software24 Sep 2020 | 222
QR-code based contact-tracing app brings 'defining moment' for UK’s 'world beating' test and trace system Remember when The Reg told you in 2012 that they were taking over? Software11 Sep 2020 | 72
Job planning, temp staffing: NHS England tosses out £30m for HR and people systems to support new ways of working Needs software to join up new 'joined up' system On-Prem09 Sep 2020 | 5
NHS Digital sets aside £800m of taxpayers' pork to inject a bit of Agile development into its 'ongoing live services' Desperately seeks a dirty dozen of DevOps suppliers Devops25 Aug 2020 | 6
NHS tests COVID-19 contact-tracing app that may actually work properly – EU neighbors lent a helping hand Not just Germany stepping up to the plate – Ireland, too, we're told Applications14 Aug 2020 | 125
UK.gov admits it has not performed legally required data protection checks for COVID-19 tracing system No evidence of data being used unlawfully, says health department Security20 Jul 2020 | 99
With another NHS overhaul in the offing, £200m up for grabs in northern England for pretty much anything related to IT Whatever it is they're doing, consultants will be kept busy On-Prem15 Jul 2020 | 9
Paging technology providers: £3m is on the table to replace archaic NHS comms network 10% of the world's pagers are in use by Britain's health service On-Prem22 Jun 2020 | 38
Spaghetti Junction! Brum hospitals on hunt for new ERP and finance supplier to untangle current systems And there's £6m British pounds for the biz that can do it Software22 Jun 2020 | 11
Police and NHS urge British public not to call 101 and 111 non-emergency numbers after behind-the-scenes kit failure Vodafone responsible for maintaining system infrastructure Networks19 Jun 2020 | 16
Health Sec Hancock says UK will use Apple-Google API for virus contact-tracing app after all (even though Apple were right rotters) Updated It's The Reg wot warned it Personal Tech19 Jun 2020 | 209
Electronic health records firm Epic Bristol bags £454m in UK deals as creaking care sector chases digital transformation Software company wins over Northern Ireland and Manchester NHS trust On-Prem17 Jun 2020 | 13
UK govt publishes contracts granting Amazon, Microsoft, Google and AI firms access to COVID-19 health data Questions linger over involvement of biz linked to Dominic Cummings and Vote Leave campaign Security05 Jun 2020 | 25
Contact-tracer spoofing is already happening – and it's dangerously simple to do I'm from the government, and I'm here to help you and your friends Security02 Jun 2020 | 196
Campaign groups warn GCHQ can re-identify UK's phones from COVID-19 contact-tracing app data Updated Yes, the app that's not quite working yet Security21 May 2020 | 66
Former Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman calls on UK govt to legally protect data from contact-tracing apps 'We don't want the system to rely on the individual integrity of any minister, ministerial team, or government' Security20 May 2020 | 70
Open letter from digital rights groups to UK health secretary questions big tech's role in NHS COVID-19 data store Promises of transparency about handling of citizens' health data haven't been fulfilled – campaigners Security19 May 2020 | 14
Latest NHS IT revolution is failing to learn lessons from the last £10bn car crash Spending watchdog says UK health service lacks oversight, can't trace responsibilities SaaS18 May 2020 | 42
NHS contact tracing app isn't really anonymous, is riddled with bugs, and is open to abuse. Good thing we're not in the middle of a pandemic, eh? Analysis Plus: There are some worrying data protection implications Software14 May 2020 | 188
NHS contact-tracing app is best in the world, says VMware CEO... whose company helped build it Virtzilla prepares to re-open some offices next week for staff who are willing to leave home Software12 May 2020 | 74
UK COVID-19 contact-tracing app data may be kept for 'research' after crisis ends, MPs told Want to opt out of that part? No chance, says NHSX chief Security04 May 2020 | 181
Academics demand answers from NHS over potential data timebomb ticking inside new UK contact-tracing app Slurp everyone's details and you create a hugely valuable hacker target Security29 Apr 2020 | 122
UK snubs Apple-Google coronavirus app API, insists on British control of data, promises to protect privacy Analysis Why do it at all? Easier to audit and adapt, apparently Security28 Apr 2020 | 222
Flippin' Dell! Texan giant wins single seat on £1bn direct NHS tech framework Two-year deal penned by English hospital trust On-Prem22 Apr 2020 | 4
Capita inks deal with NHS to 'bring back staff': Workers get an hour of training to recruit and vet retired doctors, nurses Exclusive Asked to verify the identity of medics using video chat apps Zoom and Facetime On-Prem07 Apr 2020 | 52
From Amanda Holden to petrol-filled water guns: It has been a weird week for 5G Comment Gov.UK to ask social networks to do their part... Networks06 Apr 2020 | 168
NHS websites will no longer burn up your mobile data allowance, say Brit telcos Coronavirus advice to become free to view even if you're out of credit Personal Tech19 Mar 2020 | 16
UK.gov is not sharing Brits' medical data among different agencies... but it's having a jolly good think about it Ministry of Fun under pressure to admit it's going to happen Security09 Mar 2020 | 29
Only 6 ransomware attacks on the UK's NHS since WannaCry worm hit in 2017 – report 209 incidents since 2014, say Freedom of Information figures Security29 Jan 2020 | 4
Hospital hacker spared prison after plod find almost 9,000 cardiac images at his home Updated NHS working with cops and ICO to determine if patients must be told Security20 Jan 2020 | 74
This is also a system for GPs, right? UK doctors seek clarity over Health dept's £40m single sign-on funding Docs keen to hear how, as promised, project will make their own logins less of a Hancockup Legal16 Jan 2020 | 61
Senior health tech pros warn NHS England: Be transparent with mass database trawl or face public backlash Son of Care.Data? Remember what happened to that first initiative. It didn't end well Legal24 Dec 2019 | 54
Revealed: NHS England bosses meet with tech and pharmaceutical giants to discuss price list of millions of Brits' medical data Exclusive Nine 'commercial models' to access central database mulled at hush-hush meeting Science12 Dec 2019 | 191
Oh noes! Half the NHS runs on Windows 7! Thankfully, here's Citrix with a virty vaccine Except it looks like all the trusts already have plans OSes10 Dec 2019 | 58
Worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable and royalty-free: Amazon's Alexa NHS contract released But it's all anonymised data so who cares, right? Legal09 Dec 2019 | 54
Mandatory electronic prescriptions was the easy bit in NHS paperless plans Analysis Digitisation across primary and secondary providers is the bigger challenge On-Prem22 Oct 2019 | 45
Five NHS trusts do DeepMind data deal with Google. One says no Delicious data hoard handed over from UK contracts AI + ML19 Sep 2019 | 7
You know what the NHS really needs? Influencers, right guys? #blessed Hey nurses, it's not like you've got anything else to do Applications06 Sep 2019 | 39
£250m fund for NHS artificial intelligence laboratory slammed as tech for tech's sake Just you wait, Matthew Hancock! Just you wait! AI + ML12 Aug 2019 | 49
Scots NHS symptom checker pings Facebook, Google and other ad peddlers Exclusive Privacy, what privacy? You can save our lives but you'll never take our data. Oh, damn, you already have Security11 Jul 2019 | 61
UK's North Midlands hospitals IT outage, day 2: All surgery and appointments cancelled Not WannaCry... this time it's Cisco Networks03 Jul 2019 | 56
NHS Wales flings £39m at Microsoft for Office 365 and Windows 10 Far away, my Office is calling... Outlook alerts do chime Software26 Jun 2019 | 15
Nvidia, King's College train robot overlords to spot oddities on radiology scans It's X-ray men: Rise of the machines – as units deploy AI for NHS AI + ML10 May 2019 | 16
App-y now? UK health secretary spammed with pics of flowers that look like ladies' private parts Social media hits back at suggestion women are too shy to get a smear test Software15 Apr 2019 | 22
UK health tech quango strikes Gould, reckons digital policy wonk has NHSX-factor to run org Body plans to stick data experts on cancer, mental health teams Legal05 Apr 2019 | 5
Campaigners cry foul over NHS Digital plans to grant policy wonks and researchers access to patient-level data Using private info for funding decisions branded 'toxic' Legal22 Mar 2019 | 39
What has an 'open-door policy' with industry and puts the X into NHS? Brits, let app-happy Matt Hancock tell you NHSX: UK.gov's new tech, data and digital quango Legal20 Feb 2019 | 20