NHS Cyber Services

Supporting safe care through cyber resilience

Cyber security in healthcare is so much more than a technical consideration. NHS organisations hold highly personal, sensitive, and increasingly targeted data. When that data is compromised, the consequences extend beyond systems and services – affecting trust, clinical decision‑making, and ultimately patient care.

NHS organisations now operate in an increasingly complex cyber landscape, where legacy systems sit alongside cloud, shared services, and emerging AI – and all of this under growing scrutiny and tight funding constraints. At the same time, cyber controls must protect continuity of care without getting in the way of clinical workflows.

Littlefish Group’s healthcare cyber services are designed around this reality. Grounded in hands on delivery across NHS Trusts, ICSs, and community providers, we understand the balance organisations must strike between national direction, local accountability, and day-to-day operational pressure.

We position our services to complement national NHSE capabilities, while providing local, operational cyber leadership and controls organisations still need to manage risk and accountability. Crucially, we translate cyber risk into language boards and executives can understand, prioritise, and act upon.

Tackling the NHS’s real cyber challenges

Cyber risk impacting patient safety

Ransomware and cyber incidents increasingly disrupt care delivery. We help reduce risk to safety-critical systems while maintaining availability for clinical services.
Cyber risk that is hard to articulate or prioritise

Risk can be difficult to represent meaningfully at board level. We help teams translate technical cyber exposure into clear, decision-ready insight that supports prioritisation, investment decisions, and informed funding conversations.
Adopting cloud and ai without increasing risk

Innovation must be introduced safely. We help organisations adopt new technologies in a controlled, governed way that protects patients and data.

Supporting our healthcare clients

Through a highly integrated approach, Littlefish Group has brought together the core service pillars that underpin NHS Supply Chain’s digital operations. These include Service Integration and Management, Modern Workplace solutions, a 24/7 Service Desk, and a dedicated Service Management Office. Together, these services enable us to deliver meaningful improvements that boost operational efficiency, enhance end-user experience, and ensure consistent, high-quality service delivery.

Matt Wynn
Data and Technology Executive Director, NHS Supply Chain
“Littlefish Group provide a dependable and professional out‑of‑hours and weekend service desk service, which is critical to maintaining continuity of our NHS services. Their team understands the demands of a 24/7 healthcare environment and responds promptly and effectively to support clinical and operational staff when it matters most. The service they deliver is reliable, well‑managed, and aligned with the high standards required to support patient care and frontline services.”

Kev Fisher
Assistant Director of Digital Technical Services, University Hospital of Derby and Burton Trust
“Since the rollout of the solution, Muiríosa continues to transform what once was a static repository of information into a dynamic tool for communication and learning. Key documents, data and systems are now consolidated across Muiriosa’s 200 locations, ensuring information is accessible to everyone and maintaining transparency across the organisation.”

Deborah Gleeson
Information Officer, Muiriosa
“We don’t see Littlefish as an ‘at arm’s length’ organisation, but as a partnership that works closely with us and that’s really important. We’ve really had great engagement in how they wish to understand our unique business and the way we operate and we’re starting to really reap the rewards of that engagement now.”

Nigel Hall
Director of IT and Analytics

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Why choose Littlefish Group?

Patient safety first

Cyber controls are designed to protect care delivery, not interrupt it. Every decision is assessed through a patient safety lens

Pragmatic cyber resilience

We focus on risk reduction that works in real NHS environments – not box-ticking compliance.

Deep NHS experience

Our teams understand the systems, pressures, and governance the NHS operates under, enabling faster, more confident action.

Complementary, not competing

We complement national cyber services while providing local leadership and controls where accountability remains.

A collaborative approach

We act as an extension of your team, focused on transparency, partnership, and long-term resilience rather than short-term transactions.

Reliable outcomes for NHS organisations

Our healthcare cyber services bring together board level risk assurance, vCISO leadership, identity and access security, incident readiness, supply chain protection, and the safe adoption of cloud and AI – all focused on protecting patient care and service continuity.