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Cyber-attack cost NHS £92m – DHSC
The WannaCry ransomware attack cost the NHS £92m in disruption to services and IT upgrades, the Department of Health and Social Care estimates.
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Exclusive: Tighter cyber security deemed ‘not value for money’
The government is set to ignore recommendations from its top national cyber body that the NHS must meet a “minimum bar” for cyber security, even as the service continues to come under online attack.
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The Download: Theranos, could it happen in the NHS?
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£300m STP tech framework published after six month delay
A framework for giving suppliers access to an estimated £300m of new NHS spending on digital technology has been published after a six month delay and challenges from some participants.
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Updated: Outstanding FT cites 'unrealistic' funding challenge after baby death
Inadequate funding and unsafe staffing at an outstanding trust contributed to the death of a baby girl last winter, a coroner has found.
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Revealed: Four out of five trusts failed to respond to ‘high severity’ cyber alert
More than four in five NHS trusts failed to respond to the first “high severity” cyber alert issued since the WannaCry cyber attack, HSJ can reveal.
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Revealed: Babylon’s national expansion push
Digital health company Babylon Healthcare has contacted more than a dozen clinical commissioning groups as it pushes for expansion across the country, including extending its NHS GP partnership to two new cities.
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The Download: On the Hunt for elephants
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Struggling hospital trust needs 200 beds for winter
A struggling hospital trust says it will not have enough beds for one in every six patients this winter without a drastic increase in capacity or intervention.
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Hancock: I want to help GP at Hand expand
Matt Hancock has told an audience of Babylon Healthcare staff he wants to help the company expand “so loads of companies can come do what Babylon are doing” in the NHS.
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Exclusive: Government agrees multimillion settlement over IT contract row
A decade long, £700m contract dispute between the government and a major IT supplier has been resolved, HSJ can reveal.
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Plan to put millions of patient records on the Amazon cloud
A new NHS national service has been set up to scan billions of pages of patient records and upload them to Amazon Web Services.
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No more big IT contracts for the NHS – Hancock
The new health and social care secretary has said “big contracts” for NHS IT services are over, claiming the service is often taken advantage of by suppliers.
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Another £200m for top digital trusts
A further round of £200m will be distributed to some of the most advanced digital trusts in the country, the health and social care secretary will announce today.
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Minister pledges to strengthen tech safety code
The government is intending to introduce a new regulatory regime for health digital technology, amid concerns the current system is confusing and fragmented.
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The Download: What happened to digital maturity?
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Time to cull NHS regulators, says Dame Julie
Dame Julie Moore has claimed there is no “coherent policy framework for the NHS” and accused regulators of making it harder for trust chief executives to do their job.
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Chief at troubled trust resigns as Dame Julie arrives
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust has lost its chief executive amid an ongoing shake-up of senior leadership at the troubled organisation.
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Dame Julie Moore moves to troubled trust
Dame Julie Moore is moving from the helm of one of the biggest trusts in the country to helping govern one of its troubled neighbours.
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Wachter: NHS needs a 10 year digital roadmap
The NHS needs a new long term plan for digital technology to ensure it reaps benefits from its growing investment in IT, Professor Bob Wachter has told HSJ.