NHS migration to Microsoft Windows 11 is being stalled by medical device suppliers which have not upgraded to the operating system, Digital Health News has learned.
Since 14 October 2025, Microsoft Windows 10 has no longer received security updates, meaning that NHS organisations either had to upgrade outdated hardware or pay for Microsoft’s extended security update.
James Rawlinson, director of health informatics at The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust, said that around 98% of the trust’s Windows estate has been upgraded to Windows 11 owing to “amazing work by our tech teams”.
The trust has upgraded around 7,000 devices in the last three years, with around 30-40% requiring new hardware, while the rest were in-place upgrades.
However Rawlinson said that 2% of the trust’s devices have not been upgraded because the current version of medical device suppliers’ software does not work in Windows 11.
Date: 2 November