Where’s Jeremy? Absent Health Secretary ‘should be roasted in Parliament’ say experts after NHS did nothing to fix cyber security despite Microsoft warning TWO MONTHS ago : Daily Mail.

• Cyber attack on NHS ‘could have been prevented by Microsoft patch’ 
• Virus has forced 45 trusts to cancel operations and delay treatment
• Health bosses face questions over why hospitals are using ‘obsolete’ software 
• Experts say Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt should be ‘roasted in Parliament’ 
• Many patients are asking where Mr Hunt is after he has been silent on crisis 

Experts have hit out at Government and NHS bosses over the cyber attack which had crippled hospitals across the country despite warnings over preventative measures that ‘could have been taken months ago’.

Many are questioning where Jeremy Hunt is after the Health Secretary remained tight-lipped on the unprecedented attack.

The health service faces a weekend of chaos after the unprecedented attack forced hospitals to cancel routine operations and delay treatment for patients.

But Home Secretary Amber Rudd fielded questions on the state of the NHS this morning, prompting patients to ask why the Health Secretary has not spoken out on the crisis.

Cambridge University professor Ross Anderson said the attack looked to have exploited a weakness in Microsoft software that was previously fixed by a patch released earlier this year.

He said the patch may not have been installed on NHS computers and added Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt should be ‘roasted’ in Parliament if that was the case.

Around 45 NHS organisations in England and Scotland were infiltrated by the malicious software, while many others shut down servers as a precautionary measure, bringing added disruption.

Prof Anderson told the Guardian: ‘If large numbers of NHS organisations failed to act on a critical notice from Microsoft two months ago, then whose fault is that?

‘This is the sort of thing for which the secretary of state should get roasted in parliament.’

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