Secure & Resilient SD-WAN for Healthcare
High-uptime, secure connectivity for critical healthcare services. Trusted by NHS Trusts, GPs, and emergency services.
From HSCN-compliant GP surgery links to ultra-low latency connections for 999 services, we guarantee resilience.
Critical connectivity for primary & secure care for healthcare
We provide mission-critical connectivity to all healthcare environments. This includes supporting prison infirmaries for secure drug dispensing, resilient connections for pharmacies, GP surgeries, and urgent care centres. Our SD-WAN solutions are designed for zero downtime, ensuring patient care is never compromised. Resilient, HSCN-ready connectivity is one part of the picture - for the security evidence trusts and ICSs need for their DSPT submission, our healthcare cyber security team provides ISO 27001 and pentesting support.
Hybrid SD-WAN & MPLS network integration for healthcare
We understand that many healthcare providers run on legacy networks. Our experts can seamlessly bridge your existing MPLS network with modern SD-WAN technology. We can run SD-WAN over MPLS or create a hybrid network, ensuring a smooth, phased migration with no disruption to critical patient services.
Ultra low-latency for emergency services for healthcare
For 999 call centres, ambulance dispatch, and blue-light services, every millisecond matters. We engineer ultra low-latency and high-availability networks specifically for emergency services, ensuring that critical calls and data are transmitted instantly and reliably, 24/7/365.
Beyond SD-WAN: secure access for healthcare's distributed workforce
Healthcare networks aren't just hospital-to-hospital anymore. Locums, agency staff, community nurses, and third-party contractors all need access to clinical systems - often from personal devices, temporary sites, or outside the four walls of a trust. Giving every one of them broad network access isn't practical, and it isn't secure.
That's where a SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) approach comes in. It combines the resilient, multi-path connectivity of SD-WAN with cloud-delivered security - Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), secure web gateways, and consistent policy enforcement - so each user only reaches the specific application or record they're authorised for, wherever they're logging in from.
For healthcare providers, that means:
- Locum and agency staff get access to the systems they need for their shift, not the whole network.
- Temporary clinics, mobile units, and pop-up vaccination sites inherit your security policy automatically, without manual firewall configuration.
- Access can be revoked instantly and centrally when a contract or placement ends.
Our Fortinet SD-WAN and Secure Access services already build in the components of this approach - talk to us about extending it across your healthcare estate.
Ready to Secure Your Healthcare IT?
Let’s talk about your healthcare IT environment: from resilient connectivity and secure cloud to protecting patient data and managing cyber risk, we can help you build a more secure, reliable and resilient digital healthcare environment.
Or call us on 0330 390 0507
Network & Security FAQs for Healthcare
-
HSCN (the Health and Social Care Network) is the NHS's standards-based network for securely exchanging patient data and accessing clinical systems. Our SD-WAN solutions offer HSCN-compliant connectivity alongside internet-first and private network options, so GP surgeries, NHS Trusts, and care providers can connect however best suits their site — without compromising on security or resilience.
-
Yes. Many healthcare providers run on legacy MPLS networks, and a full rip-and-replace isn't always practical. We can run SD-WAN over your existing MPLS estate or build a hybrid network, giving you a phased migration path with no disruption to critical patient services.
-
Our healthcare connectivity is built for 99.999% guaranteed uptime, using multi-path failover across MPLS, internet, and 5G so a single connection issue never takes critical systems offline.
-
Resilient, HSCN-ready connectivity is one part of the picture. For the security evidence Trusts and ICSs need for their DSPT submission, our healthcare cyber security team provides ISO 27001 and pentesting support — giving you both the network and the compliance evidence in one place.
-
Through a SASE-based approach that combines our SD-WAN connectivity with Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) and cloud-delivered security. Locums, agency staff, and third-party contractors get access only to the specific systems they're authorised for — not your whole network — and access can be revoked centrally the moment a placement or contract ends.