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Ministers coordinating ‘resilience response’ after ‘major’ cyber attack hits NHS systems across UK | UK News
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Ministers are coordinating a “resilience response” to deal with a cyber attack affecting NHS systems across the UK. Scottish Health Secretary Humza Yousaf said ministers are being “continually briefed” on the incident and are “working closely on a four nations basis” to organise a response. “Plans in place to mitigate the impact but there will…
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‘Major’ cyberattack may mean it takes longer for NHS 111 calls to be answered this weekend | UK News
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People seeking medical help via the NHS 111 service are being warned there could be delays after a cyberattack led to a “major” computer system outage. The security issue was identified at 7am on Thursday morning, and it has affected the system used to dispatch ambulances, book out-of-hours appointments and issue emergency prescriptions. There are…