Almost one in 10 people reported experiencing harm from NHS care in the past 3 years, according to a survey led by the University of Oxford. The study, published in BMJ Quality & Safety, found that ...
Record numbers of patients treated in private hospitals are being rushed back into the NHS for emergency care when something goes wrong. Campaigners urged Health Secretary Wes Streeting to stop ...
It's been a difficult few weeks for the NHS's digital ambitions. On 3 June a ransomware cyber attack on pathology test provider Synnovis led to thousands of cancelled appointments and procedures and a ...
A patient’s death has been officially linked to the 2024 ransomware attack on Synnovis, the pathology services provider for several NHS hospitals in London. The cyber-incident caused widespread ...
The government has published its long-awaited 10-year plan for the NHS, which includes developing a Single Patient Record (SPR) that will incorporate medical records and a personal health risk account ...
The NHS is "looking into" claims made by an IT whistleblower that patient data was left vulnerable by security failures within a private healthcare provider. The personal details of NHS patients ...