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Former hospital worker prosecuted for inappropriately accessing patient records

A former employee of a Milton Keynes hospital trust has been prosecuted for accessing patient records without authorisation. Michelle Harrison, of Milton Keynes, inappropriately accessed the records of 12 patients outside of her role as receptionist/general assistant in the Orthotics Department at Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust between March 2016 and January 2017. Read […]
  • Posted by Smeeta Padhiar
  • On 24th April 2018
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NHS website defaced by hackers

An NHS website hosting data from patient surveys that was defaced by hackers has been fixed. The site, insights.london.nhs.uk, was given a black background, eerie music and a message in white text that read: “Hacked by AnoaGhost.” Cyber-security expert Kevin Beaumont spotted the defacement and tweeted a screenshot of it to his followers on Tuesday […]
  • Posted by Smeeta Padhiar
  • On 19th April 2018
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Every hospital tested for cybersecurity has failed

All 200 hospitals and other NHS organisations that have been tested so far have failed cybersecurity checks, according to a report by MPs. Some hospitals have not fixed the original vulnerability that led to last year’s cyberattack and NHS chiefs are not working fast enough to protect the health service, even though a repeat is […]
  • Posted by Smeeta Padhiar
  • On 18th April 2018
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Every NHS trust tested for cybersecurity has failed, officials admit

Every NHS trust assessed for cyber security vulnerabilities has failed to meet the standard required, civil servants have said for the first time. In a parliamentary hearing on the WannaCry attack which disrupted parts of the NHS last year, Department of Health (DoH) officials said all 200 trusts had failed, despite increases in security provision. Read […]
  • Posted by Smeeta Padhiar
  • On 6th February 2018
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NHS in ‘chaos’ across Wales as IT glitch bars patient records

Doctors have complained of “chaos” as an NHS computer meltdown left them unable to access test results. The suspected technical glitch, which hit the NHS across Wales on Wednesday, also meant patient contact details could not be accessed or letters from other staff viewed. Read full story. 
  • Posted by Smeeta Padhiar
  • On 25th January 2018
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Memory stick with post-mortem images ‘left on public transport’ by Newcastle Hospitals staff member

A memory stick containing unencrypted images from two post-mortem examinations was left on public transport by a member of staff at Newcastle Hospitals, it has been revealed. The mistake is one of 278 “serious incidents” in morgues from 2014 to 2016, according to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request to the Human Tissue Authority (HTA). Read […]
  • Posted by Smeeta Padhiar
  • On 23rd January 2018
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Hospital worker wrongly accessed patient files in second data breach at health board

A Welsh health board has said it is “devastated and disappointed” that an administrative worker wrongly accessed confidential records of 41 patients. Hywel Dda University Health Board has written to all those affected by the illegal actions of an administrator who was based at Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire. Read full story. 
  • Posted by Smeeta Padhiar
  • On 23rd January 2018
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Misuse of NHS patient data is a double scandal

Medicine, we are frequently told, is entering an astonishing new age when technology will allow ever more sophisticated treatments for patients. One of the drivers of this progress will be “big data” – the statistics and facts behind hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of cases of disease which can be mined for new insights […]
  • Posted by Smeeta Padhiar
  • On 15th January 2018
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A look inside the fraught world of hospital cybersecurity

Hospitals are appealing targets for hackers because they are data-rich and typically have less cybersecurity prevention technology in place, compared to other industries. A hospital breach in May shut down 16 hospitals in the UK , and security information specialists are saying that it’s time to improve hospital cybersecurity. What happens when hackers target hospitals for money […]
  • Posted by Smeeta Padhiar
  • On 3rd January 2018
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