Digital Health February 27, 2025
The NHS faces unprecedented challenges in delivering care to an ageing population while combating the rising tide of cyber threats. As patient care depends more on digital systems, with data serving as its lifeblood, the stakes for safeguarding this infrastructure have never been higher.
This underscores the pivotal role cyber security plays in maintaining uninterrupted service delivery. Across the UK, in less than two years, eight in 10 healthcare providers experienced a security breach. Disrupting the flow of data can delay life-saving treatments and diagnoses, stall communication between staff, and compromise patient care – putting lives at risk and increasing stress.
So, what happens now? BT’s recent survey of NHS staff and the UK public provides key insights into the...