NHS: Cybersecurity
2026-06-15 · Department of Health and Social Care · 10460 · Official question
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to improve the cyber resilience of NHS suppliers following the 2024 ransomware attack on NHS testing provider Synnovis.
Answer
Supply chain cyber security is a system-wide operational resilience and patient safety issue, with disruption from a single supplier capable of impacting care delivery at scale.The health and care system operates within a highly complex and fragmented sup...