Denis Campbell and Dan Milmo report:
A cyber-attack thought to have been carried out by a Russian group has forced London NHS hospitals to resurrect long-discarded paper records systems in which porters hand-deliver blood test results because IT networks are disrupted.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ trust (GSTT) has gone back to using paper, rather than computers, to receive the outcome of patients’ blood tests.
Synnovis, which analyses blood tests for GSTT, is still undertaking the work, despite being hit on Monday by a large-scale ransomware attack that has caused serious problems for the NHS.
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The Guardian can reveal that – despite previous denials – the hack has also affected the South London and the Maudsley (Slam) trust, England’s largest provider of mental health services.
Prof Ian Abbs, GSTT’s chief executive, said in a letter to trust staff on Tuesday evening that the “very significant incident” was having “a major impact on the delivery of services at our trust, King’s [trust] and primary care services within south-east London”.
Read more at The Guardian.
h/t, Marco A. De Felice