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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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The United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust is cancelling all 'routine activity' on Monday (May 15th) and has issued the following statement:

Due to the ongoing issues relating to the cyber attack on the NHS on Friday, we will be cancelling all routine activity in our hospitals on Monday 15 May. Work is ongoing to restore our IT systems, but in the meantime we are unable to proceed with many of the appointments scheduled for the day.

Outpatient appointments, diagnostic tests and routine operations will all be cancelled. Our teams will be in touch directly with anyone whose appointment is able to go ahead as scheduled.

We appreciate this situation is causing frustration and anxiety for our patients, but we would like to reassure patients that we will be in touch with them to re-arrange appointments once our IT system is restored.

Thank you to our staff and patients for their support and understanding during this time

– United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
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