NHS

UK’s NHS struggling with security after WannaCry, losing 10K patient records last year

siteadmin August 21, 2018

The UK National Health Service (NHS) misplaced 9,132 patient records in 2017, according to a report by think tank Parliament Street. 68 of the 200 NHS trusts were examined for the report, which also found that 94% of the trusts studied still rely on handwritten notes. The report recommended abandoning handwritten notes in hospitals and introducing a patient identity protocol.