Several dental practices operated by Smart Dental Group in Wallasey, Liverpool, and Bootle have lost their rights to offer NHS services due to unaddressed breaches. Allegedly because “not a dentist available for all the core hours,” the termination leaves hundreds potentially without access to an NHS dentist. The group has implemented an alternative independent scheme offering services at similar prices to NHS.

The NHS needs to tighten its third-party supplier cybersecurity
The NHS should proactively fortify cybersecurity within its third-party software suppliers following recent damaging ransomware attacks, says Jonathan Lee from Trend Micro. He suggests implementing