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<p>The Department is working with the National Cyber Security Centre, NHS England
NHS Digital and NHS Improvement to prepare and rehearse incident response plans and
take action to strengthen communications when core computer systems are affected by
cyber security incidents.</p><p>A number of changes have been made that aim to make
sure that the National Health Service and its systems are as resilient as possible,
protecting patient data, ensuring safe patient care, and reducing the impact of cyber-attacks
when they next occur.</p><p>To improve resilience in hospitals, £21 million of funding
has been allocated to addressing key infrastructure vulnerabilities in major trauma
centres and ambulance trusts to reduce the impact on patient access in the event of
future cyber-attacks.</p>
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