NHSX chief shares lessons learnt since organisation was launched
The chief executive of NHSX, Matthew Gould, has spoken about lessons the organisation has learnt since it was launched in 2019.
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NHS withstands hundreds of cyber crime incidents relating to Covid-19
More than 160 “high-risk and critical vulnerabilities” were shared with NHS trusts to raise awareness of cyber threats in the past year.
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NHS Covid-19 app compatible across Scotland along with others
The NHS Covid-19 App is now compatible with contact-tracing apps across Scotland, Northern Ireland, Jersey and Gibraltar.
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NHS Covid-19 App error ‘left thousands unaware they need to isolate’
The NHS Covid-19 App was set at the wrong sensitivity meaning users were not sent self-isolation alerts after they came into contact with infected people.
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NHS Covid-19 App updated to improve accuracy and notifications
From today the NHS Covid-19 App will be updated to increase the accuracy of close contact notifications sent out by the app.
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Joe’s View: Educated fools, marshmallows and the NHS Covid tracing app
In a column for Digital Health, Joe McDonald, stresses why the public needs to get behind the NHS Covid-19 app in order to beat the virus.
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NHS Covid-19 App does work on iPhone 12 despite error messages
The error message occurs if the NHS Covid-19 App is transferred to the new device from an older iPhone via an iCloud Backup data transfer.
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Police to get access to self-isolation data from NHS Test and Trace
The Department of Health and Social Care confirmed NHS Test and Trace details would be shared with police on a “case-by-case” basis.
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NHS Covid-19 App updated to fix disappearing exposure alerts
The messages were caused by default privacy notifications from Apple and Google to alert users their app is sharing contact-tracing information.
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ICO assessing 15 contact-tracing companies for data protection approach
A number of companies that provide contact-tracing services are being assessed for how they are “approaching their data protection responsibilities”.
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