How to talk to busy teams about cyber security

Manpreet Pujara, Clinical Director for Patient Safety and Freedom to Speak up Guardian, says everyone working in health and care has a role in protecting the NHS from cyber attacks, and that clear, supportive messaging will help people do their bit.

Having worked with NHS Digital for over 14 years, I’ve had my fair share of conversations on how to engage frontline staff on technological topics. However, I’ve never dealt with an issue that is quite so critical and requires such universal engagement as getting cyber security embedded into clinical thinking in today’s NHS. We can’t afford not to; it’s as urgent a priority as I’ve ever seen.