Suffolk mother’s anger after NHS data shared against her wishes

Jessica Holt was one of 150,000 people whose confidential health records were potentially shared against their wishes. This was down to a coding error in the SystmOne computer system run by TPP and used by some GPs. The glitch meant requests from patients to not have their information used for any reason unrelated to their […]

Posted by Smeeta Padhiar
On 25th July 2018
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NHS data breach affects 150,000 patients in England

The NHS is blaming a coding error for 150,000 patients in England being involved in a data breach. Those affected had requested that their confidential health information only be used to help provide them with care. Read full story.

Posted by Smeeta Padhiar
On 3rd July 2018
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Ransomware – Is the NHS the next target? – Julia McCarron

It is always a treat to get a blog post from Advent IM Director, Julia McCarron and this time Julia has turned her eye to the spate of Ransomware attacks on US hospitals to ask how resilient the NHS is, should it face a similar level of attack. When I hear the word ransom it […]

Posted by Ellie Hurst
On 6th July 2016
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