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Written question asked by Jo Platt (Labour) on Wednesday, 17 July 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 22 July 2019 (named day). It was answered by Jackie Doyle-Price (Conservative) on Monday, 22 July 2019 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


NHS: Software

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many computers are operating Windows 7 across the NHS.

Answer

National Health Service organisations are being supported to upgrade existing Microsoft Windows operating systems, allowing them to reduce potential vulnerabilities and increase cyber resilience.

As of 30 June 2019, approximately 1.05 million NHS computers are using Windows 7 from a total of around 1.37 million. This equates to approximately 76% of the NHS estate currently on Windows 7.

All NHS organisations, with the exception of one which had already upgraded to Windows 10, have signed up to receive Windows 10 licences and Advanced Threat Protection.

Deployment of Windows 10 is going well and in line with target to make sure the NHS is operating on supported software when Windows 7 goes out of support in 2020.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
278598
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Software NHS Microsoft
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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