Cheshire and Merseyside ICS deploys Cynerio | Leeds Teaching digital strategy | Department of Health and Social Care launches open call for feedback
Cheshire and Merseyside ICS has selected Cynerio’s Healthcare Cybersecurity Platform for implementation at all 17 trusts within its footprint as part of the ICS investing in defences to better protect patient data, minimise vulnerabilities and reduce disruptions to care.
Cynerio’s platform is designed to protect healthcare environments against threats to Internet of Things (IoT) and connected devices, offering continuous monitoring to detect and mitigate threats specific to medical and IoT devices within healthcare environments as well as real-time threat intelligence and automated response mechanisms.
From Liverpool Women’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, chief digital information officer Matt Connor states that Cynerio “delivered exactly what we need: comprehensive visibility into all networked devices across our ICS trusts”.
He adds that deployment was completed efficiently, with Cynerio offering “consistently responsive” support.
From Cynerio, head of sales Darrell Bailey comments: “We are extremely proud to have been chosen by Cheshire?and?Merseyside?to defend all the care facilities in the ICS. Adopting best of breed technologies like Cynerio to be deployed at scale will allow them to continue to be a leader and innovator in the NHS.”
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has published its IT Strategy for 2024 – 2028, with digital emphasised as a key enabler for efficiency, service improvement and innovation, with a need to deliver a digital service offering tech that is secure and easy to use; and features up-to-date and accurate data managed within a “secure, governed framework”.
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Additionally, the strategy highlights the trust’s plans to create a digital environment that supports colleagues in providing excellent clinical care; creates opportunities to maximise digital innovation; explores the value of partnerships and combined expertise; and champions “digital approaches” across Leeds Teaching Hospitals.
The Department of Health and Social Care has launched an open call for comment asking for feedback on the health service and sharing intention to “have the biggest ever conversation about the future of the NHS”.
The call is open to all including members of the public, healthcare professionals and organisations and asks participants to share experiences and opinions, with health and social care secretary Wes Streeting highlighting that the feedback will help shape the government’s work on its 10-year plan to “turn the NHS around”.
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