Innovation in health cyber security celebrated at CAN Awards

Innovation and expertise in cyber security in health and social care were celebrated at the CAN Awards 2023 last night.

The awards, which are organised by NHS England, commend members of the Cyber Associates Network, a group of over 2,000 cyber security experts.

The virtual awards were held to recognise innovation within public-sector health and care cyber security and celebrate the incredible work being done to help protect and maintain patient safety.

Recognising the contributions to cyber security in the NHS, the awards covered a range of individual and team categories. The winners and highly commended are as follows:

Cyber Leader of the Year

  • Steve Mapleston, NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board (ICB)

Cyber Newcomer of the Year

  • Thomas Magnusson, NHS Blood & Transplant

Cyber Team of the Year

  • Better Security, Better Care National Team

Women in Cyber

  • Catherine Watts, Mersey Internal Audit Agency

Diversity in Cyber

  • Cyber Security Team, NHS Blood & Transplant

Individual of the Year

  • Paul Baxter, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

Innovation in Cyber

  • Katie Thorn, Digital Social Care

CAN Contributor of the Year

  • Chris Archer, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Outstanding Achievement Award

  • Katie Thorn, Digital Social Care

Highly commended:

Cyber Leader of the Year

  • Michelle Corrigan, Better Security, Better Care
  • Tony Cobain, MIAA

Cyber Newcomer of the Year

  • Mark Bell, Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust

Cyber Team of the Year

  • CSOC Threat Intelligence Team, NHS England

Women in Cyber

  • Kim Hobday, NHS England

Diversity in Cyber

  • Nawshad Hossain-Ibrahim, NHS England

Individual of the Year

  • Barry Richardson, NHS Blood & Transplant

Innovation in Cyber

  • Craig Kilgour, NHS Arden & GEM Commissioning Support Unit

CAN Contributor of the Year

  • Martin Price, Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Julian Knight, NHS England

The CAN Awards were set up to celebrate those who work in cyber security to protect the health service from cyber-attacks, and to support organisations across the NHS with advice, assessments and training.

Katie Thorn, winner of the Innovation in Cyber Award and the Outstanding Achievement Award, said: 

“I was delighted to find out that I had received the Innovation in Cyber and Outstanding Achievement awards. I work closely with the social care provider sector, supporting them with data and cyber security and contextualising this in the wider digital transformation agenda. I’m amazed every day by the passion in the sector and want to thank the rest of the team for their ceaseless work to support care providers.

“I would also like to congratulate all of the other award winners and extend sincere thanks to everyone involved in running the Cyber Associates Network.”

Mike Fell, Executive Director of National Cyber Security Operations, said:

“I am delighted to be a part of the Cyber Associates Network Awards and to share my appreciation of the hard work that is being done throughout the health service to manage and improve cyber security.

“I’d like to applaud all of those who were nominated for this year’s awards and wish a huge congratulations to the winners as well as those who were highly commended in the CAN Awards 2023. Recognising innovative approaches to cyber security and sharing our expertise is vital to help improve patient data safety across the NHS.

“The Cyber Associates Network is a great network to share expertise whilst learning from each other and I would encourage anyone involved in cyber security in the health and care sector to join."

More details on how to become a member of the Cyber Associates Network are available on the NHS England website.

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GP practices using the Register with a GP surgery service save up to 15 minutes per patient registration. The service is free for GP practices and patients to use, and is now available on the NHS App.

More than 1000 practices are now using this service, with more than 270,000 registration forms successfully submitted. We’ve created a dashboard to show how many practices are enrolled at a practice, regional or national level.

Our resource hub has more information, and you’re welcome to join our webinar on 14 June.

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Learn more about what this means for trusts and integrated care systems, and stay updated about the procurement process. You can contact england.fdp@nhs.net for more information.

Be part of NHS Secure Boundary, a perimeter security solution offering NHS organisations protection against security threats. Contact our team to find out more and sign up for the service.

We are thrilled to announce the shortlist for the upcoming Cyber Associates Network (CAN) Awards to recognise and celebrate those working in cyber security.

The winners will be announced at a virtual awards ceremony tomorrow at 4pm and will highlight the innovation and digital expertise that help protect patient care and data across the NHS.

In January 2023 we sent a survey out to organisations involved in developing healthcare software to ask them for feedback on integrating with our APIs. We have improved in some areas but more work is needed in others.

Read the full survey results.

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Additional information for digital leaders – June 2023

GP practices using the Register with a GP surgery service save up to 15 minutes per patient registration. The service is free for GP practices and patients to use, and is now available on the NHS App.

More than 1000 practices are now using this service, with more than 270,000 registration forms successfully submitted. We’ve created a dashboard to show how many practices are enrolled at a practice, regional or national level.

Our resource hub has more information, and you’re welcome to join our webinar on 14 June.

Procurement of a federated data platform continues to progress and we expect to award a contract this autumn. Once implemented, the platform will sit above existing IT systems to connect data across different NHS organisations in a safe and secure environment.

Learn more about what this means for trusts and integrated care systems, and stay updated about the procurement process. You can contact england.fdp@nhs.net for more information.

Be part of NHS Secure Boundary, a perimeter security solution offering NHS organisations protection against security threats. Contact our team to find out more and sign up for the service.

We are thrilled to announce the shortlist for the upcoming Cyber Associates Network (CAN) Awards to recognise and celebrate those working in cyber security.

The winners will be announced at a virtual awards ceremony tomorrow at 4pm and will highlight the innovation and digital expertise that help protect patient care and data across the NHS.

In January 2023 we sent a survey out to organisations involved in developing healthcare software to ask them for feedback on integrating with our APIs. We have improved in some areas but more work is needed in others.

Read the full survey results.

Mark Burton, Lead Delivery Manager for the Spine Futures programme, explains why we’re accelerating the migration of Spine services into the cloud and why we need NHS organisations and healthcare suppliers to support the move.

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This was put in place when face-to-face identity checks were not possible during the COVID-19 pandemic. It ended on Wednesday 31 May 2023.

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Event: Register with a GP surgery service webinar – June 2023

Join the next Register with a GP surgery service webinar on 14 June. You will learn about the latest service features including NHS App integration, catchment area checks and available options for getting patient registration information into clinical systems. We will talk through how we can support both practices and colleagues working in digital transformation with adoption of the service.  There will be opportunity to ask questions. 

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You can also read our Data Points blog post to learn more about the service.

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CAN Awards 2023: Celebrating innovation in cyber security

NHS England is thrilled to announce the shortlist for the upcoming Cyber Associates Network (CAN) Awards to recognise and celebrate those working in cyber security.

The virtual awards ceremony is taking place on Thursday 8 June at 4pm and aims to highlight the innovation and digital expertise that help protect patient care and data across the NHS.

Here are the nominees:

Cyber Leader of the Year:

  • Michelle Corrigan, Better Security, Better Care
  • Tony Cobain, MIAA
  • Steve Mapleston, NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board (ICB)
  • Paul Baxter, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

Cyber Newcomer of the Year

  • Mark Bell, Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust
  • Thomas Magnusson, NHS Blood & Transplant
  • Samreen Kaur, Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust (TAD)

Cyber Team of the Year

  • Better Security, Better Care National Team
  • CSOC Threat Intelligence Team, NHS England
  • ICT Team, Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
  • Cheshire and Merseyside Cyber Security Group, MIAA

Women in Cyber

  • Kim Hobday, NHS England
  • Catherine Watts, Mersey Internal Audit Agency

Diversity in Cyber

  • Cyber Security Team, NHS Blood & Transplant
  • Nawshad Hossain-Ibrahim, NHS England

Individual of the Year

  • Paul Baxter, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
  • Barry Richardson, NHS Blood & Transplant
  • Arif Gulzar, NHS South Central and West
  • Paul Ryan, United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust

Innovation in Cyber

  • Katie Thorn, Digital Social Care
  • Craig Kilgour, NHS Arden & GEM Commissioning Support Unit
  • Tracey van Wyk, Essex Partnership University Trust

CAN Contributor of the Year

  • Martin Price, Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Julian Knight, NHS England
  • Greg Soffe, Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust (TAD)
  • Chris Archer, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

In addition to these categories, we will also present the Outstanding Achievement Award which recognises the very best in cyber security. The winner will be selected from the overall CAN Awards 2023 shortlist.

The Cyber Associates Network is a group of over 2,000 cyber security professionals across public-sector health and care and is always on the lookout for new members.

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