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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Denis Campbell Health policy editor

London hospitals cancel cancer surgeries after cyber-attack

An emergency ambulance outside St Thomas' Hospital in London
St Thomas' hospital in London is among those affected by cyber-attack on NHS pathology partner Synnovis. Photograph: Maureen McLean/Rex/Shutterstock

Hospitals in London have had to cancel cancer operations this week because of a Russian cyber-attack that continues to cause serious disruption to NHS services in the capital.

St Thomas’ and King’s College hospitals have postponed procedures that their surgeons were due to perform on cancer patients since the attack began last Monday, the Guardian can reveal.

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