Connor Jones reports:
NHS execs admit that last year’s cyberattack on hospitals in Wirral, northwest England, continues to “significantly” impact waiting times for cancer treatments, and suspect this will last for “months.”
During the attack, which began on November 25 2024, the main clinical system was pulled offline and by December 5 the teams were still battling to get systems back online. The hospitals said criminals broke in via a shared “digital gateway service,” causing them to resort to pen and paper operations and cancel outpatients appointments.
A week-by-week breakdown of the Wirral University Teaching Hospitals (WUTH) trust’s progress in meeting NHS waiting time targets showed that in December, the number of patients waiting for cancer treatment soared to the highest levels seen in 2024.
Read more at The Register.