Planned operations cancelled due to computer virus

All planned operations at hospitals in Lincolnshire have been cancelled today (1 November) after a virus struck the IT system of a neighbouring trust.

United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust (ULHT) has asked patients to only come in if it is an emergency.

It comes after Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust had to shutdown all their electronic systems due to a computer virus.

ULHT shares four clinical IT systems with NLAG, so as a precautionary measure to protect ULHT, links with these shared systems have been stopped.

In a statement, ULHT said: