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Security report for rendcombsurgery.co.uk

Rendcomb Surgery · Healthcare · United Kingdom

Medium risk. 5 critical or high findings in Email security, Security headers and 2 other checks.

Security score

71/100

Risk levelMedium

0–100, higher is better. How it is calculated

Rendcomb Surgery is a small NHS GP surgery located in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom, providing essential healthcare services including appointments, prescriptions, online patient services, and health information. The website is designed to serve local patients with clear navigation and NHS branding, reflecting its role as a trusted healthcare provider. The site integrates NHS login and app services, enhancing patient access to digital healthcare tools. Technically, the website is built on WordPress with NHS-specific themes and plugins, ensuring compliance with NHS digital standards and providing a good user experience across devices. Security posture is solid with HTTPS enforced and cookie consent mechanisms in place, though formal security policies and incident response contacts are not published. The domain is long-established since 2006, registered through a reputable registrar, and aligns well with the business identity, supporting high legitimacy. Overall, the website is professional, trustworthy, and compliant with privacy regulations, serving its healthcare audience effectively.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
65/ 100 · Medium
Checks completed
7of 7

NIS2 Art. 21(2)

  1. (a) Risk analysis and security policies: Not visible from outside
  2. (b) Incident handling: One indicator
  3. (c) Business continuity, backups and crisis management: Not visible from outside
  4. (d) Supply chain security: Not visible from outside
  5. (e) Secure acquisition, development and maintenance, including vulnerability handling: Partly checked
  6. (f) Assessing the effectiveness of security measures: Not visible from outside
  7. (g) Cyber hygiene and security training: Not visible from outside
  8. (h) Cryptography and encryption: Partly checked
  9. (i) HR security, access control and asset management: One indicator
  10. (j) Multi-factor authentication and secured communications: Not visible from outside

This scan rated NIS2 with an earlier keyword method that is no longer shown; rescan for the per-article view. Risk management, continuity, supply chain, training, MFA, management oversight (Art. 20) and incident reporting (Art. 23) need internal evidence, and Guard cannot tell whether NIS2 applies to this organisation.

GDPR is indicative only, based on publicly visible signals: Articles 7, 12, 13 and 32 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and Article 5(3) of the ePrivacy Directive. Not a certification or legal assessment.

Priority findings

5 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. Email security

    SPF, DKIM and DMARC stop others sending email that looks like it comes from your domain, a common route to phishing and invoice fraud.

    • Critical

      No email authentication configured

      Domain is vulnerable to email spoofing

      What to do: Implement SPF, DKIM, and DMARC immediately

  2. Security headers

    Security headers are instructions your web server sends to every visitor’s browser. Missing ones leave visitors more exposed to attacks such as clickjacking and injected scripts.

    • High

      Missing X-Frame-Options header

      Prevents clickjacking attacks

      What to do: Add "X-Frame-Options: DENY" or "X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN"

  3. GDPR outside view

    These are the privacy signals visitors and data protection authorities look for under GDPR.

    • High

      No Privacy Policy found

      GDPR requires a clear and accessible privacy policy

      What to do: Add a comprehensive privacy policy page and link to it prominently

    • High

      Third-party services without privacy policy

      Detected services: Google Analytics, YouTube

      What to do: Document all third-party data sharing in your privacy policy

  4. SSL/TLS

    TLS encrypts the connection and proves the site is really yours. Weak or expiring certificates trigger browser warnings and put traffic at risk.

    • High

      Weak Protocols Supported

      Server supports weak protocols: TLSv1.1

      What to do: Disable TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1, and all SSL versions

      • CWE-327
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • ASVS V12.1.1

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Results by check

Each check with its score, findings and the evidence it collected.

How this score is calculated

The security score runs 0–100, higher is better. It is the plain average of the security checks that completed in this scan, each counted equally. A check that could not run is left out: it counts neither as a pass nor as a fail.

Counted in this score

SSL/TLS
74
Security headers
65
Email security
60
DNS health
60
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
65
Average
71

Not counted

  • NIS2 outside view: Re-weights evidence from the TLS, email, DNS, network and hygiene checks, so counting it would count that evidence twice. Shown on its own.
  • OffSeq Observations: An AI reading of the site, useful context but not reproducible evidence. Shown on its own.

Findings that cap the score at 49

Each of these is serious on its own, so while any is present the site cannot rate better than high risk, however good the other checks are.

  • The certificate is not trusted by browsers
  • The website is not served over HTTPS
  • A database, remote desktop, file-sharing or Telnet service is reachable from the internet
  • The page loads a script from a compromised source
  • The domain registration has expired
  • SPF authorises every server to send mail as the domain

Partial scans

When the site blocks Guard or most checks cannot run, the score covers only the checks that ran (usually DNS and email), is capped at 75 and is shown as partial, without a risk level.

Risk levels

  • Critical0–25
  • High26–49
  • Medium50–75
  • Low76–100

Technical appendix

Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.

Business context

Business profile

The surgery operates within the healthcare sector under the NHS framework, targeting local patients in Gloucestershire. Its business model focuses on providing primary care services with digital access via NHS apps and online portals. The website demonstrates consistent NHS branding and trust signals such as a CQC Good rating. The presence of integrated NHS login and links to NHS services indicates strong alignment with national healthcare infrastructure. The surgery's market position is that of a local essential healthcare provider with a stable online presence since 2006. There is no indication of commercial revenue streams beyond NHS funding. The partnership ecosystem includes NHS digital services and local wellbeing platforms. Growth indicators are limited but the website content is regularly updated with news and patient information.

Security posture

The website enforces HTTPS and uses cookie consent banners, reflecting good privacy practices. No critical vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the HTML content. However, the absence of a published security policy, incident response contacts, and vulnerability disclosure mechanisms suggests room for improvement in security transparency and readiness. The use of standard WordPress plugins and NHS-specific themes requires ongoing patching to mitigate risks. Security headers beyond HTTPS were not detected, which could enhance protection against common web attacks. Overall, the security posture is good for a healthcare website but could be strengthened with formal policies and additional technical controls.

Recommendations

  1. Publish a dedicated security policy page outlining security practices and compliance.
  2. Add incident response contact information such as security@ or abuse@ email addresses.
  3. Implement a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to encourage responsible reporting.
  4. Enhance HTTP security headers including Content Security Policy (CSP), HSTS, and X-Frame-Options.
  5. Regularly audit and update WordPress plugins and themes to mitigate vulnerabilities.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Rendcomb Surgery
Description
Rendcomb Surgery is an NHS GP surgery providing general practice healthcare services in Gloucestershire, UK. They offer appointments, prescriptions, online services, sick notes, test results, and patient registration.
Key services
Appointments, Prescriptions, Pharmacy First, Online services, Sick notes, Test results, Patient registration, Health and wellbeing information
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress 7.0.2, jQuery 3.7.1, jQuery UI, NHS UK Frontend Theme, NHS UK Blocks plugin, spCookiePolicy plugin, spNHSLogin plugin, Google Analytics
Frameworks
WordPress
Platforms
WordPress CMS
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Cookie consent banner implemented
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of NHS login integration

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Transparency
basic

Site quality

Design
good
User experience
good
Content relevance
good
Navigation
good
Professionalism
good
Trustworthiness
high

Key observations

  1. Website uses NHS branding and complies with NHS design standards
  2. Cookie consent banner present and functional
  3. No visible security or privacy policy pages beyond cookie policy
  4. No contact email addresses explicitly listed on homepage or footer
  5. Phone number and physical address clearly provided
  6. Google Analytics used for site analytics
  7. CQC widget embedded showing Good rating
  8. No signs of suspicious or malicious content
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on WordPress 7.0.2 using NHS UK frontend themes and plugins, including NHS login integration and cookie policy management. It uses jQuery and jQuery UI libraries for UI components. Google Analytics is implemented for user tracking. The site is mobile optimized with good accessibility features and SEO practices. Hosting appears to be managed via 123-Reg Limited, consistent with the domain registrar. Performance is moderate with no major issues detected. The technical stack is modern and appropriate for the healthcare sector, though additional security headers and formal policies would improve the technical maturity and risk posture.
Standards and sources

Reference chips under each finding point to the standard, regulation or specification the finding relates to. They are taken from the official datasets below and mapped conservatively: a finding with no defensible link shows none. NIS2 and GDPR references mark where a finding is relevant evidence, not a compliance verdict. Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690 binds digital infrastructure and digital service providers; for other entities it is the most detailed public reading of the Article 21 measures. WCAG, EN 301 549, European Accessibility Act and Web Accessibility Directive references name the requirement an automated accessibility rule relates to; they are not a conformance verdict.

Retrieved 2026-10-25

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