MPs have criticised the government’s slow response to last year’s WannaCry attack on the NHS, and warn there is much work to be done to improve cyber security if damage from the next attack is to be minimised.
The NHS could have prevented the WannaCry cyber attack earlier this year if it followed basic IT security best practice, an investigation by the National Audit Office has found.
Major trauma centres across England are to get access to a new fund of £21 million to tighten up their cyber security, the Department of Health has announced.