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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Tom Davidson

Critical incident at London hospitals due to cyber attack with surgeries cancelled

Major hospitals in London have declared a critical incident after a ransomware cyber attack led to the cancellation of operations and the loss of blood transfusions.

Memos to NHS staff at King's College Hospital, Guy's and St Thomas' (including the Royal Brompton and the Evelina London Children's Hospital) and primary care services in the capital say pathology partner Synnovis was hit by a "major IT incident".

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