Information Technology Security

Following the cyber-attacks targeting the NHS in May 2017 the Committee agreed to undertake a short piece of work principally to assess the state of preparedness across health and social care to combat future attacks.

Evidence

The Committee will hold two evidence sessions on IT security on 20th June.

The Committee wrote to all territorial and special health boards and integration joint boards on 19 May seeking answers to the following questions:

1. What impact did the recent cyber-attack have on your organisation and the public?
2. Following the cyber-attack how has your approach to prevention of such attacks been revised?
3. What additional support would assist in preventing such attacks?
4. To what extent do you collaborate with other Boards on IT security issues?

The following responses were received:

Territorial Health Boards

• NHS Ayrshire and Arran (114KB pdf)
• NHS Borders (117KB pdf)
• NHS Fife (356KB pdf)
• NHS Forth Valley (487KB pdf)
• NHS Grampian (80KB pdf)
• NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde (26KB pdf)
• NHS Highland (87KB pdf)
• NHS Lanarkshire (172KB pdf)
• NHS Lothian (164KB pdf)
• NHS Orkney (63KB pdf)
• NHS Tayside (49KB pdf)
• NHS Western Isles (Nan Eilean Siar) (54KB pdf)

Special Health Boards

• Healthcare Improvement Scotland (76KB pdf)
• NHS Health Scotland (921KB pdf)
• NHS National Services Scotland (99KB pdf)
• NHS24 (109KB pdf)
• Scottish Ambulance Service (252KB pdf)
• The Golden Jubilee Foundation (79KB pdf)
• The State Hospitals Board for Scotland (83KB pdf)

Integration Joint Boards

• Angus IJB (81KB pdf)
• Argyll and Bute IJB (84KB pdf)
• East Ayrshire IJB (211KB pdf)
• East Dunbartonshire IJB (78KB pdf)
• Fife IJB (358KB pdf)
• Glasgow City IJB (146KB pdf)
• Inverclyde IJB (654KB pdf)
• North Lanarkshire IJB (172Kb pdf)
• Orkney IJB (194KB pdf)
• Renfrewshire IJB (112KB pdf)
• South Lanarkshire IJB (172 KB pdf)
• West Dunbartonshire IJB (51KB pdf)
• West Lothian IJB (50KB pdf)
• Western Isles (Nan Eilean Siar) IJB (67Kb pdf)