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NHS Digital boss Andy Williams retires

16 November 2016

After less than three years in the role, NHS Digital’s chief executive is moving on.

Leeds is a city with a major teaching hospital with major IT infrastructure

Months after IT crash, Leeds still using paper for tests

16 November 2016

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust’s pathology system went down on 16 September. Two months later the trust is still recovering.

Severe NHSmail delays should have eased – NHS Digital

15 November 2016

But some NHSmail services could still be experiencing delays caused by an inadvertent email to 840,000 users, and the subsequent flood of ‘reply-all’ emails.

Brexit hits IT costs for NHS

15 November 2016

It’s bumped up the price of crisps and marmite, now Brexit is hitting IT costs for the NHS.

Value of stolen medical records less than financial data

15 November 2016

A new study into the marketplace for stolen medical records has found that stolen medical records data does not yet eclipse the value of stolen financial services data, which remains far easier to exploit.

Whoops, I sent an email to 840,000 NHS accounts

14 November 2016

It started with a mistaken email to every NHS account in England. But it was the replies that brought one of the country’s biggest email services to a near standstill.