Written question asked by Jon Trickett (Labour) on Friday, 3 November 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 7 November 2017. It was answered by Jackie Doyle-Price (Conservative) on Monday, 13 November 2017 on behalf of the Department of Health.

NHS: Software

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2017 to Question 110492, on NHS: computer software, what that £21 million will be spent on and over what period of time.

Answer

£21 million of capital funding will be allocated to major trauma centres and ambulance trusts by the end of December 2017.

The funding supports those organisations to make required information technology investments that:

- Secure their network by upgrading firewalls;

- Improve network resilience and segmentation to minimise risk to medical devices;

- Improve device security by replacing obsolete PCs and the introduction of tools to support the automation of patch management; and

- Improve anti-virus protection.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 111395
Session: 2017-19
Related items: NHS: Software
Friday, 3 November 2017
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects: Software Costs NHS
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk