NHS Digital moves hundreds of organisations from legacy N3 network
About 12,000 health and social care sites have moved from the legacy N3 network to the new Health and Social Care Network (HSCN).
News

NHS looking at ‘internet first’ policy and moving away from private networks
Health and care services are now to “have an Internet First policy” which states new digital services should operate over the internet.
Infrastructure 1

Essex trust awards £5.7m HSCN connectivity contract to Updata Infrastructure
The five-year contract sees Capita-owned Updata move EPUT from the legacy N3 Network to the new, multi-vendor Health and Social Care Network.
Infrastructure 2

Carelink passes HSCN migration ‘milestone’
Carelink has migrated its managed cloud and infrastructure as a service customers to the Health and Social Care Network (HSCN), it what the firm has labelled ‘a significant milestone’.
Infrastructure

Virgin Media Business becomes latest operator to receive HSCN accreditation
Virgin Media Business will provide connectivity and solutions to support the integration of NHS and social care providers after securing Stage 2 compliance certification to the Health and Social Care Network (HSCN).
Infrastructure

UKFast receives supplier accreditation for HSCN
UKFast will support NHS services through the new Health and Social Care Network (HSCN) after receiving supplier accreditation from NHS Digital.
Infrastructure

UKCloud Health ramps up for the Health & Social Care Network: The next step for a secure health ecosystem
HSCN will enable customers to develop a more modern approach to tackling the escalating cyber security threats, relying more heavily on application providers to develop the security overlay, rather than relying on the network itself.
Health CIO

It’s all systems go for the new Health and Social Care Network
Health and Social Care Network (HSCN) is in full force with the transitional process from the old N3 network currently taking place.
Infrastructure

Problems accessing Google on NHS network
NHS staff are having difficulty accessing Google, with many faced with a CAPTCHA page.
Infrastructure

Redcentric wins £12 million HSCN contract
The new NHS network is taking shape, with Redcentric awarded a contract to run the peer exchange at the centre of HSCN.
Infrastructure