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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Lisa Rand

Cyber incident led to Sefton out-of-hours closure as NHS services stretched

A Southport NHS out of hours treatment centre has closed after a “cyber incident.”

The incident, which took place in early August, involved a third party software supplier, Advanced. In response, the NHS invoked “robust defences” to protect its own network, according to an NHS Cheshire and Merseyside report released this week.

Some NHS services were left with “labour intensive” interim measures after key software was taken offline.

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