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NHS hospitals across region hit by 'major' cyber attack

NHS hospitals across England have been hit by a "major" cyber attack, NHS Digital has confirmed.

Ambulances have been diverted and patients warned to avoid some A&E departments as IT failures affected up to 16 hospitals on Friday afternoon.

The Hospital Trusts in our region so far are:

  • York Teaching Hospitals NHS Hospital Trust
  • Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • United Lincolnshire NHS Trust
  • Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust
  • Humber Foundation NHS Trust
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Cancelled leg amputation left Jessica, 23, in tears

Hospitals across our region have faced a second day of disruption caused by a large cyber attack on the NHS. It has also left 23-year-old Jessica Laughton East Yorkshire heartbroken after an operation to amputate her left leg above the knee was cancelled. Kate Hemingway went to Driffield to meet her.

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