Future of NHS Secure Boundary

NHS Secure Boundary service will remain available until July 2026

Since August 2019, NHS England, in partnership with its technology suppliers, have been supporting NHS organisations with their onboarding to Secure Boundary and operational delivery, aiming to offer an improved security posture for internet-facing traffic and publicly facing websites. This has provided the system with a significant level of protection and a central provision of on-going risk reduction and prevention of cyber events.

As we go past the 5-year milestone of the delivery of this service, we’d like to communicate the future for this national offering. We can confirm that the current service will remain available in its current state until July 2026. As we move into this extension period, we would like to ensure that there will be no interruption to the service that is currently being delivered. We expect change to be minimal until 2026 but we will keep you informed.

Working towards the future service offering

NHS England is currently working towards the future service offering for Secure Boundary post 2026. If you would like more information or to get involved with this, please contact your Cyber Regional Lead for details or email cybersecurity@nhs.net.