Beyond Your Trust: The Hidden Cyber Risk in NHS Supply Chains

As NHS Trusts become increasingly digitally and operationally interconnected, cyber risk is no longer contained within organisational boundaries. Shared systems, common suppliers, and national services mean that incidents in one part of the ecosystem can rapidly impact others — with direct consequences for patient care, service continuity, and operational resilience.

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In this panel discussion, senior security leaders from Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust and NHS England examine how cyber risk is evolving across the NHS, and why traditional, Trust-by-Trust security approaches are no longer sufficient. They explore how interdependencies across suppliers, platforms, and services can create pathways for disruption, lateral movement, and cascading failure at scale.