Andy Kinnear, former NHS CIO and now Independent Consultant, reflects on how patients and staff can benefit from NHS trusts working even more collaboratively.

Many trusts recognise that it is no longer sustainable to deliver the pace of digital transformation necessary to improve patient care at the organisational level that the NHS has traditionally worked. It demands a significant financial investment and can be a complex undertaking to deliver across departments.

Standard password use continues to undermine healthcare security and clinical efficiency.

Healthcare organisations have invested heavily in cybersecurity training, phishing awareness, and stronger password policies. Yet breaches, workflow disruption, and operational strain continue—and new data reveals why. Not only is the problem that passwords are being stolen, but that they are no longer a reliable security control in healthcare.