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Appointment backlog passes 6,000, with more than 1,300 ops postponed in wake of hospital ransomware hack, new figures reveal

Over 6,000 appointments and procedures were postponed at major London hospitals due to a cyber attack in June. Most services were at ‘near normal’ levels, but pathology services were operating at 54% of their pre-attack capacity. Russian cyber gang Qilin is suspected to be behind the attack, which led to patient data being published online. NHS England says it could take weeks to identify those affected.

Source: www.dailymail.co.uk –

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