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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 | 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