The UK's data protection watchdog has levied its first fine against an NHS organisation, after a Welsh hospital accidentally sent a patient's health details to the wrong person. The Information ...

New laws have been introduced in Parliament to help protect the NHS and other sectors from the threat of cyber attacks.

Notably, in June 2025, King's College Hospital NHS Trust confirmed that the disruption caused by Synnovis's supplier breach ...

More than 150,000 people have had their personal information handled by England’s Test and Trace scheme since it was hurriedly launched on May 28 – 36 days ago. However, the government has failed to ...

NHS patient data in England will be shared with third parties for research and planning purposes, fueling concerns about privacy and security, it has been reported today. The Financial Times revealed ...

Government plans to share patient data across the NHS will have “cast-iron” security, a health minister has said. Ministers have launched a consultation on the future of the NHS, promising to put ...

The NHS Federated Data Platform has been rolled out to more than 100 NHS organisations in its first year, according to NHS England. The platform, which has created controversy since its inception, ...

To get a doctor’s appointment in the U.K. these days, you have to entrust more of your data to private companies — and there’s not a great deal you can do about it. In part due to growing pressure ...

On the Isle of Wight, the NHS contact tracing app is making a difference. Around 25 people per day are being tested for coronavirus after reporting it through their phones and more than 50,000 people ...

A coalition comprising medical organisations, privacy campaigns and a Conservative MP, supported by tech justice specialists Foxglove, is preparing to embark on legal action against the government to ...