Health Minister Simeon Brown is seeking "urgent assurances" personal health platform Manage My Health, is doing everything to protect patient data
Health Minister Simeon Brown is seeking "urgent assurances" personal health platform Manage My Health, is doing everything to protect patient data
2 January 2026
About six to seven-percent of its 1.8 million registered users - will be affected by a cyber-security breach on the platform, discovered on New Year's Eve.
It'll notify affected people over the next few days.
College of GPs Medical Director Luke Bradford says action needs to be taken at pace.
He says they need clarification on what happened and confirmation patient data is safe, and security put in place to ensure it doesn't happen again.
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