While provider spending on cyber security measures has remained broadly stable since 2013-14, the rate of cyber-attacks suffered by trusts – even excluding unsuccessful attempts – has more than quadrupled in the past four years, an NHE investigation has found.
The Freedom of Information (FoI) investigation identified that spending across the 75 trusts and FTs that were able to provide this data showed investment in cyber security has, amongst them, broadly remained around the £18m mark since 2013.