London hospitals cancel nearly 1,600 operations and appointments in one week due to hack

St Thomas' hospital in London has had to reschedule hundreds of patients for anything from cancer surgery to caesarean-section births. Photograph: Maureen McLean/Rex/Shutterstock

Hospitals in London had to cancel almost 1,600 operations and outpatient appointments in the first week after being hit by a Russian cyber-attack, the NHS has disclosed.

The two major acute hospital trusts in the capital that were worst affected postponed 832 surgical procedures between Monday 3 June, when the hack began, and Sunday 9 June.