Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what changes have been made to the NHS' cyber security following the cyber attack in May 2017.

The Department developed an immediate response plan, working with the National Cyber Security Centre, NHS Digital, NHS England, NHS Improvement, and the Care Quality Commission.

Your Data: Better Security, Better Choice, Better Care is the Government’s Response to data security and was published in July 2017. This document accepts the 10 Data Security Standards proposed by Dame Fiona Caldicott, the National Data Guardian, and sets out the timescales for how the Government plans to deliver key actions on cyber security and data sharing in a high level implementation plan.

The immediate response plan and the high level implementation plan is being taken forward as part of the formal Data and Cyber Security Programme which includes a range of measures to build resilience and responsiveness to the health and care sector against a cyber attack.