Sovereign Cloud for Healthcare
Host critical patient data and medical applications in a secure, scalable, and compliant UK-based private cloud.
Guarantee data sovereignty and meet all GDPR, NHS, and EU data regulations with our 24/7 managed virtual services.
Why data sovereignty matters for healthcare data?
Patient data isn't just sensitive - where it physically sits carries legal weight. Under UK GDPR and NHS data governance rules, healthcare organisations are expected to know exactly where patient records are stored, who can access them, and which country's laws govern that access.
That's harder to guarantee than it sounds. Public hyperscale clouds increasingly offer UK regions, but the underlying provider may still be a US-headquartered company - meaning data stored in London can, in some circumstances, remain subject to US law (such as the CLOUD Act), regardless of where the servers physically sit.
A sovereign cloud closes that gap. Your data is hosted, processed, and backed up entirely within UK borders, by a UK-based team, on infrastructure that isn't subject to foreign jurisdiction. For Trusts, ICSs, and private healthcare providers handling EPR, PACS, and other clinical systems, that isn't a technicality - it's what auditors, regulators, and information governance teams need to see evidenced, not just promised.
Claranet's Sovereign Cloud is built UK-only from the ground up: ISO 27001-certified data centres, full UK data residency, and a UK team you can reach directly - giving your information governance team something concrete to point to, not just a compliance statement.
Scalable data platforms for medical data for healthcare
We configure and manage scalable, high-performance private cloud platforms specifically to support sensitive medical data. Our platforms are configured for UK and EU data sovereignty, ensuring you meet all regulatory requirements for storing and processing Electronic Patient Records (EPR) and medical imaging (PACS). Once your clinical data is securely hosted in our Sovereign Cloud, your teams can access it over resilient, HSCN-compliant connectivity — so storage and network access are covered by one partner.
Backup to UK-based sovereign cloud solutions
Protect your critical patient data with our fully managed backup-as-a-service. All data is backed up to our secure, UK-based sovereign cloud solutions. We provide immutable, air-gapped backups to ensure your data is safe from ransomware and recoverable, meeting all regulatory retention policies.
Managed services for virtual servers for healthcare
Our 24/7/365 team manages your entire virtual environment (e.g., VMware, Hyper-V) on our sovereign cloud. We handle all OS patching, monitoring, backup, and support for your virtual servers, allowing your in-house IT team to focus on supporting clinical applications, not managing infrastructure.
Trusted with healthcare's most sensitive data
Healthcode, the leading online application provider for the private healthcare sector, needed guarantees on data location, security, and uptime. We helped them accommodate growing customer demand while maintaining tight control over personal data — the same UK-only, ISO 27001-certified approach every healthcare organisation on our Sovereign Cloud gets as standard.
Ready to Take Control of Your Healthcare Data?
Let’s talk about your cloud environment: where your critical healthcare data is hosted today, the compliance requirements you need to meet, and how a sovereign cloud can give you greater control, security and peace of mind.
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Sovereign cloud FAQs for Healthcare
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A sovereign cloud guarantees that your data is stored and processed in a specific geographic location (e.g., the UK) and is subject only to the laws of that nation. For healthcare, this is essential to comply with GDPR and NHS data governance rules, which mandate that sensitive patient data does not leave the UK without explicit controls.
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While hyperscale clouds (AWS, Azure) have UK regions, their infrastructure can still be subject to foreign laws (like the US CLOUD Act). Our sovereign private cloud is architecturally and legally isolated, providing a higher level of assurance for critical medical data that cannot, under any circumstances, be subject to foreign legal jurisdiction.
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Yes. Our sovereign private cloud is ideal for hosting critical clinical applications like EPR, PAS (Patient Administration Systems), and PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication Systems). We provide the high availability, performance, and security these systems demand.
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This is our 24/7 support for your virtual machines (VMs). We manage the underlying VMware or Hyper-V platform, handle all OS patching and updates, monitor performance, and provide full backup and disaster recovery for your virtual servers, acting as an extension of your IT team.
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Yes. All our UK-based data centres are ISO 27001 certified and managed to the highest security standards. This provides auditable proof that your data is protected by a certified Information Security Management System (ISMS), which is a key requirement for healthcare compliance.
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Directly. Your annual Data Security and Protection Toolkit (DSPT) submission needs evidence of where your data is held, how it's protected, and who can access it. Our Sovereign Cloud gives you that evidence as standard: UK-only data residency, ISO 27001-certified data centres, and full audit logging. For the wider security evidence your DSPT submission needs - pentesting, vulnerability management - our healthcare cyber security team can support that too.