NHS: ICT
(asked on 5th January 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to protect (a) confidential patient records and (b) NHS services from (i) meltdown and (ii) spectre vulnerabilities in NHS computer processors.
This question was answered on 10th January 2018
NHS Digital published an advisory on the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities for all health and care organisations on 4 January 2018, and issued a further email bulletin on 5 January 2018. This recommended that health and care organisations implement patches in a prioritised manner.