Healthcare & patient data

Data recovery for healthcare.

Patient data is about as sensitive as information gets, and losing access to it can bring a practice to a standstill. We're based in Belfast and handle healthcare data recovery for practices, clinics and care providers here and across the UK — done in-house by our own engineers, with the confidentiality and UK data residency that health records demand. Your patients' data never leaves the country.

Free 48-hour diagnostic
Handled in-house
No fix, no fee · most jobs
// in short

Patient data recovered, and kept private.

Practice servers, clinical databases and storage, recovered by our own engineers — confidential, GDPR-compliant, and never leaving the UK.

Health data
GDPR special-category
Stays in the UK
Never sent overseas
NDA
On request
In-house
Never outsourced
// what we recover

The healthcare data we recover.

From a practice's patient database to a clinic's imaging archive — recovered on our own bench and kept confidential.

01

Practice & patient systems

The local servers and databases sitting behind patient-management and clinical-record systems.

02

Patient records & documents

Patient files, letters, scans and documents from failed drives, servers and NAS units.

03

Clinical & imaging data

Imaging, scans and clinical data held on practice servers, NAS or external drives.

04

Care & pharmacy records

Records and systems from care homes, dental practices, pharmacies and private clinics.

05

Clinical databases

SQL Server and other clinical databases — properly repaired and recovered, not merely copied.

06

Backups & archives

Archived patient data and backup drives that have stopped being readable.

See also: Databases · Servers · NAS · Data security.

// confidentiality & GDPR

Patient confidentiality, safeguarded.

Health data counts as special-category data under the UK GDPR, and we treat it that way.

Health data is special-category data under the UK GDPR, and we treat it as such.
Your data stays in the UK, seen only by our own engineers in-house.
On the ICO register (No. ZC173784) and compliant with the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018.
NDAs and confidentiality agreements on request, at no extra cost.

More on how your data is handled: Data security & confidentiality.

// data residency

Your patient data stays on UK soil.

With health data, where it ends up matters. Some recovery firms post drives off to labs overseas; we never do. Every healthcare recovery is carried out here in the UK by our own engineers, and your patient data is never sent abroad or handed to a third party. That keeps everything inside UK jurisdiction, keeps your own GDPR position simple, and comes with a documented chain of custody for your records if you need it.

// how it works

How a healthcare recovery runs.

A secure path from the moment of failure to a verified, confidential handover.

01

Get in touch

Call or email with what's happened, and we'll advise on the safest next move.

02

Free diagnostic

Drop the device in by appointment or post it insured, and we'll confirm what can be recovered.

03

Written quote

You get a fixed written quote and a turnaround before any chargeable work begins.

04

Recover & verify

Recovery is done in-house, the data is verified, and it comes back to you on fresh encrypted media or via secure download.

For a NAS or server: remove the drives, label each with its bay position, and send just the disks — we image every one read-only and rebuild it virtually, so nothing is ever written back to your data.
There's no on-site recovery or collection. Drop drives in by appointment, or post them fully insured on a tracked service.
// sending your device in

Two simple steps.

Post or drop in your device for a free diagnostic, with a note on what happened — an engineer reviews it and confirms your exact quote in writing before any work begins.

1

Send us your device

First step: get the device onto our Belfast bench. Wrap it well, tuck your contact details in the box, and post it over — the diagnostic costs nothing, and you’ll have a firm written price to approve before we touch a single sector.

How to pack it
  • Wrap the device in a small, sturdy box or a padded envelope so it can’t move around.
  • Leave the caddies, cables and power supplies at home — we won’t need them to recover your data.
  • Before sealing the box, slip a note inside with who you are and how to reach you — name, address, email and a phone number — or print our shipping form and use that.
Post toBelfast Data Recovery
Forsyth House, Cromac Square
Belfast, BT2 8LA
Shipping formPDF · print & include with your devicePDF ↓

Posting it? A tracked, insured service is best. Dropping it off instead? You’re welcome Monday–Friday, 9am–5:30pm — please still pack the device as above.

2

Need more information?

Not ready to send anything yet? Use the form to describe the fault in your own words and one of the engineers will come back with a quote tailored to your situation.

Every message lands with a real engineer, not a ticket queue — during working hours you’ll normally hear back inside half an hour. If it’s quicker to talk, ring 028 9002 0144.

Thanks — we have your message.

We will get back to you soon. If it is urgent, call 028 9002 0144.

// faq

Healthcare questions, answered.

The questions we are asked most, answered briefly.

Yes. Under the UK GDPR health data is special-category data, and we treat it that way — seen only by our own engineers in-house, covered by an NDA on request, and never leaving the UK.

No. Every healthcare recovery is done here in the UK by our own engineers. Nothing is sent abroad or to a third-party lab, so your data stays within UK jurisdiction.

Yes. We're on the ICO register and compliant with the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018, we treat health data as special-category data, and we can supply a documented chain of custody for your records.

Usually, yes. We recover and repair SQL Server and other clinical databases from failed servers and drives, rebuilding the data itself rather than just copying files across.

No — there's no on-site recovery or collection. You can drop drives in by appointment or post them fully insured; for a NAS or server, take the disks out and send just those.

It depends on the device: single drives are £300, RAID and NAS from £500, databases from £500 — all plus VAT, after a free diagnostic and a written quote. No fix, no fee applies to most jobs.

Yes. We're Belfast-based and recover patient and clinical data for practices, clinics and care providers both here and across the UK. Drop devices at our Belfast premises by appointment, or post them fully insured — and your patients' data never leaves the UK.

// practice system down?

Locked out of patient data? Let's recover it, privately.

A free diagnostic and a written quote — handled in-house, GDPR-compliant, and never leaving the UK.

Call us — 028 9002 0144
Mon–Fri · 9am–5:30pm · No fix, no fee
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028 9002 0144