NHS Security Compromised By Boss?
News Alasdair Liddle chief executive of the NHS is reported by Computer Weekly to be angry that the NHS' database and mail network, NHSNet is based on the "obsolete and expensive" X400 messaging standard instead of SMTP.
[August 6, 1999, 12:42]
NHS Secures Remote Access
White Papers The new NHSnet remote access service builds on the experience Cable & Wireless has in providing NHSnet. The service is also extending NHSnet into patients' homes, where nurses can use a combination of GPRS mobile phones and a PDA to access patient...
[March 22, 2005, 23:00]
Ambulance Trust Bolsters Security To Ensure Improved Support
White Papers It wanted to update its existing network firewall, which delivers secure access to NHSnet, a channel for distributing patient information digitally across the health service. The Hampshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust provides emergency services to...
[December 19, 2007, 0:01]
All GPs To Get Broadband
News There will be upgrades - worth a total of £45m - to NHSnet, meaning every GP will get at least a 256Kbps fixed line connection, while Primary Care Trusts and Strategic Health Authorities will get 2Mbps pipes by March next year.
[January 16, 2003, 16:33]
Doctor's Companion Bashes Disease Online
News The system includes a PC that enables all trusts, health authorities and GP's to send and receive medical information to others through the NHSnet, a nationwide secure internal network managed by BT. The new product has been developed by Mitsubishi...
[March 24, 1998, 15:28]
NHS Picks BT For Massive Broadband Network
News This will deliver substantial cost savings -- saving the NHS up to £900m over seven years compared to the cost of procuring the same capacity through the existing NHSnet contracts. Under the existing NHSnet contract, only 10,000 NHS sites have a...
[February 19, 2004, 12:20]
NHS Rolls Out Mammoth Email System
News Coe stressed that it is only possible to complete the initial registration on the NHSmail system via the organisation's main network, NHSnet -- users of that must have a valid directory entry that has been provided by their organisation before...
[December 10, 2002, 15:33]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog A talk with a friend about the terrible state of the health service's intranet (NHSnet -- very expensive, because it uses X.400 and payment-per-kilobyte charging. Monday 7/6/1999 Aha! Interesting email from a distant correspondent reveals that they...
[June 11, 1999, 19:39]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
News A talk with a friend about the terrible state of the health service's intranet (NHSnet -- very expensive, because it uses X.400 and payment-per-kilobyte charging. Monday 7/6/1999 Aha! Interesting email from a distant correspondent reveals that they...
[June 11, 1999, 18:39]
