Upgrade to antivirus software – expected impact on users

The scheduled maintenance is now underway. We'll keep you updated on our progress.

The cyber security team will be performing a mandatory update to our anti-virus software, Checkpoint, during September. The rolling programme of updates will begin immediately and completed remotely by the team on all computers in the Trust. The completion date has been set nationally so we are required to complete the work by the end of September.

Unfortunately, the upgrade requires a restart of the computer and it does not give a warning when this will happen; there is also no way to delay the restart. We apologise for the inconvenience that this may cause.

Ward computers and other critical areas will be contacted in advance with a more precise timeline, but due to the urgency of getting this completed across the organisation, we cannot do this for all users.