Almost 10,000 NHS patient records stolen last year
The public are losing trust in the NHS's ability to protect their data

Many trusts were still using legacy Windows XP at the time of last year’s WannaCry outbreak
Thousands of patient records were lost or stolen from 68 NHS hospitals last year, Freedom of Information requests have shown. According to thinktank Parliament Street, which collated the data, 9,132...
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