HSCN technical policies and guidance

Guidance, policy and best practice documents covering all technical aspects of HSCN. Documents within these pages will be regularly reviewed and updated by NHS Digital.

HSCN internet access issues guidance

Guidance and process overview for consumers requesting access to blocked pages.

HSCN internet access issues guidance

HSCN connectivity options

Offers those interested in connecting to HSCN a number of scenarios and options to consider when architecting your connection to HSCN.

HSCN connectivity options

HSCN readiness testing guidance note

Describes activities which will help a HSCN customer identify and resolve potential migration related risks, ahead of time, which would otherwise cause issues during their live migration.

HSCN readiness testing guidance note

Public WiFi over HSCN Access Circuits

Guidance on best practice when establishing publicly accessible site Wi-Fi over HSCN.

Public WiFi over HSCN Access Circuits

HSCN: private IT service provider connecting from outside of England’s borders policy

An overview and summary of the policy for private IT service providers connecting to HSCN from outside of England.

HSCN: private IT service provider connecting from outside of England’s borders policy

Troubleshooting guide - HSCN IP network connectivity

Details of effective approaches to troubleshooting network connectivity problems as well as more complex issues consumers may face.

Troubleshooting guide - HSCN IP network connectivity

HSCN network perimeter security guidance for CCGs and general practices

Guidance and useful documentation on network perimeter security for clinical commissioning groups and general practices.

HSCN network perimeter security guidance for CCGs and general practices

Business Applications Guidance

Guidance on procuring standard business applications and is aimed at health and social care organisations using HSCN.

Business Applications Guidance

HSCN Quality of Service overview

Describes activities which will help a HSCN customer identify and resolve potential migration related risks, ahead of time, which would otherwise cause issues during their live migration.

HSCN Quality of Service overview

HSCN quality of service - change requests and end-to-end configuration

Outlines the required process to request a change to any existing Quality of Service configuration.

HSCN quality of service - change requests and end-to-end configuration

HSCN/Transition Network DNS

An overview of the new cloud-based HSCN Domain Name System (DNS).

HSCN/Transition Network DNS

Transition Network guidance for DNS local forwarding and server configuration

Guidance to support HSCN organisations to configure local Domain Name System (DNS).

Transition Network guidance for DNS local forwarding and server configuration

HSCN IP address management

An introduction to HSCN IP Address Management (IPAM) including contact details if additional support is required.

HSCN IP address management

HSCN Internet Protocol (IP) addressing policy

An overview of the legitimate IP addressing schemes and the working principles for applying them to your organisation.

HSCN Internet Protocol (IP) addressing policy

HSCN IP addressing good practice guidelines

A summary of the IP addressing best practice and related key protocols for HSCN connected organisations.

HSCN IP addressing good practice guidelines

Guidance on public cloud connectivity to HSCN

Guidance on defining the operational use of Public Cloud provisioned services on HSCN.

Guidance on public cloud connectivity to HSCN

Last edited: 22 February 2021 2:21 pm