The document discusses delivering services over the N3 network, which is a private and highly secure network used by the NHS. It provides an overview of what N3 is, who uses it, and the benefits it provides, such as secure access to patient records. It also describes the requirements to access N3, as well as InTechnology's N3 hosting and access services, which allow flexible and secure access to the network while adhering to necessary compliance standards and regulations.

1. DELIVERING SERVICES OVER THE
N3 NETWORK
N3 HOSTING & ACCESS
Mark Hall
Divisional Director, Healthcare
October 24th 2012

2. WEBCAST AGENDA
•Introduction to InTechnology
•What is N3?
•The benefits of the N3 Network
•Who uses the N3 Network?
•Requirements to access the N3 Network
•N3 Access
•N3 Hosting
•InTechnology N3 Accreditations
•Summary
•Questions and Answers

3. INTRODUCTION TO INTECHNOLOGY
• Serving the UK IT market for over 26 years
• Unique position in the managed IT services market place
• Full range of managed IT services delivered to over
800 UK businesses
Your Webcast Presenter
Name: Mark Hall
Job Title: Divisional Director, Healthcare Services

4. WHAT IS N3?
N3 is a very large network with 1.3 million NHS end users
and over 40,000 connections within England and Scotland.
A private and highly secure network that currently supports
over 581,000 registered users for N3 access to electronic
patient records.
* by default traffic is not encrypted across the N3 network
** formal QoS is not applicable for non spine applications
*** N3 is moving towards N4 which will more closely align with the Governments Public Sector
Network strategy

5. THE BENEFITS OF THE N3 NETWORK?
• Fast and secure access to patient records and visual images
• Convenience of specialist care available locally through
remote diagnosis
• Secure clinical messaging
• Every person in England having access to their own personal
medical record
• Helps speed up essential communications within the NHS, for
example the delivery of images. (A chest X-Ray originally had
to be delivered by taxi, taking hours)
• Regulated to ensure that only accredited / authorised
organisations can gain access

6. WHO USES THE N3 NETWORK?
• The NHS and primary care services (General Practices & PCT’s)
• Pharmacy Providers
• Secondary Healthcare Service Providers (Care Homes, Mental
Health, Hospices, Social Care etc)
• NHS periphery services (Dentists, Optometrists, Ambulance
Service etc)
• Commercial 3rd Party Service Providers
• Prison Health Service
• Community health providers and Local Authorities
• Voluntary Health Organisations

7. REQUIREMENTS TO ACCESS N3
• Information statement of compliance
• IG Assurance Statement which includes:
o The right to audit by NHS CfH or a nominated 3rd party
o Requirement that no PID or other sensitive data be stored or processed offshore
o Change Control Notification Procedures and approvals process
o The requirement to achieve, or be working towards, ISO27001
o The requirements for reporting security events & Incidents
• Business Case for connecting to N3
• Formal NHS sponsor
• Completion of the full IGSoC Toolkit

8. N3 ACCESS
• Flexible / adaptable to accommodate changing business needs
• Can be delivered using all current network technologies
• Can be used as part of a multi-service solution (WWW, VPN,
Voice/Video, Data backup)
• Cost effective resilient configurations
• Secure Multi-Factor Authentication to support mobile working

9. N3 HOSTING
• Cloud based virtual computing; leveraging cost, technical and
resource efficiencies
• CfH accredited and compliant data centre hosting facilities
• Offers flexibility to adapt to changing business requirements
• Authorised to store Patient Data (PID)
• Hosting facilities integrated resiliently directly into the NHS N3
network
• Extensible to allow for the adoption of both emerging and
future technologies (i.e. Telehealth)

10. INTECHNOLOGY’S N3 ACCREDITATIONS
• An NHS Connecting for Health (IGSoC) compliant commercial third party
• An NHS Connecting for Health (IGSoC) accredited N3 Service Provider
• 7 Years N3 experience within Healthcare (2005)
• Actively engaged within the N4 upgrade program
• Only UK provider to currently hold Level 1 IGSoC accreditation for N3
• 100% compliance across all 4 assurance levels
• Only true UK N3 aggregator
• Participate within various CfH committees
• UK Rollout supporting EPS versions 1 & 2
• Success across multiple healthcare sectors
• Unique ‘N3 Connect Anywhere’ service for mobile workers
• Adhere to PCI/DSS payment card standards
• Accredited to both ISO9001 and 27001 standards
• Accredited to connect and supply services over the JANET academic network
• Authorised to process HM Government data protectively marked as “Restricted”

11. SUMMARY
• What actually is N3 ?
• What is N3 used for ?
• What are the benefits N3 brings ?
• Gaining access to N3
• What is the value of InTechnology’s service ?

12. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
ANY QUESTIONS?
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Telephone: 01423 850000
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