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Accelerate your connection to HSCN to help with coronavirus (COVID-19) response
Openreach and HSCN suppliers are prioritising connections for NHS organisations to help them fight coronavirus (COVID-19). Find out how to quickly increase your network capacity and bandwidth to support higher demand.
The Health and Social Care Network (HSCN) is a new data network for health and care organisations which replaced N3.
It provides the underlying network arrangements to help integrate and transform health and social care services by enabling them to access and share information more reliably, flexibly and efficiently while benefitting from improved network and bandwidth capacity, financial savings and easier and smoother access to clinical systems.
Last edited: 14 December 2020 3:16 pm