Written question asked by Lord Grayling (Conservative) on Tuesday, 3 December 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 12 December 2002. It was answered by David Lammy (Labour) on Thursday, 12 December 2002 on behalf of the Department of Health.
Dept of Health
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to tackle the threat of computer viruses to patient records.
- Answer
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Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department has taken to tackle the threat of computer viruses to patient records. [85777] Mr. Lammy: National health service organisations are required to implement and maintain adequate local anti-virus protection as a condition of their connection to the NHS network. In addition, relevant guidance for the selection, deployment and management of anti-virus products has been provided to NHS organisations and is regularly refreshed to take account of new threats.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 85777; 396 c498W
- Session
- 2002-03
- Subjects
- Databases Computers Patients Medical records Computer viruses
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