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WannaCrypt cyber-attack continues to impact NHS trusts

19 May 2017

One week on and the WannaCrypt Ransomware attack continues to impact NHS trusts across England, causing delays and disruptions to services.

Simple solutions to NHS cyber-attack are not reflective of reality – Deloitte

19 May 2017

Simple solutions to the huge cyber-attack that caused chaos in the NHS last week do not reflect the complex reality on the ground, says a Deloitte director.

Welsh GP administrator fined for illegally accessing patient records

19 May 2017

A former NHS administrator, Sally Anne Day, has been fined for unlawfully accessing patient records where she was fined £200 for each offence.

Health IT news in brief

19 May 2017

This week’s health IT news in brief covers new senior appointments at two suppliers, a milestone for Yorkshire and Humber’s genomic medicine centre, and success for a cable management device.

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has stop reporting RTT after problem migrating data to its new electronic patient record.

Philips’ EPR Tasy combines the clinical and administrative

18 May 2017

Philips is bringing an electronic patient record which merges the clinical and the administrative to the European market.

Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust

Southport and Ormskirk board lacked plans for cyber-attack response

18 May 2017

One of the worse hit trusts in the NHS cyber-attack had said nine days earlier that it did not have any plans in place to tackle a cyber security breach.

Bolton delivers one of the largest PAS mergers

18 May 2017

The informatics team at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust recently planned and delivered the merging of hospital and community patient administration systems.