{"id":192142,"date":"2017-08-25T21:33:07","date_gmt":"2017-08-25T21:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i2\/operations-cancelled-as-cyber-attack-hits-nhs-lanarkshire-hospitals-and-gps\/"},"modified":"2017-08-25T21:33:07","modified_gmt":"2017-08-25T21:33:07","slug":"operations-cancelled-as-cyber-attack-hits-nhs-lanarkshire-hospitals-and-gps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i2\/operations-cancelled-as-cyber-attack-hits-nhs-lanarkshire-hospitals-and-gps\/","title":{"rendered":"Operations cancelled as cyber attack hits NHS Lanarkshire hospitals and GPs"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"media-landscape no-caption full-width lead\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-image-replace\" alt=\"NHS Lanarkshire\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/16C95\/production\/_97533339_header-image-aboutus.jpg\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" \/><span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">NHS Lanarkshire<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Operations have been cancelled after hospitals and GP practices run by NHS Lanarkshire were hit by a cyber-attack.<\/p>\n<p>The health board confirmed malicious software had been detected in IT systems, causing appointments and procedures to be postponed.<\/p>\n<p>It said it &#8220;took immediate action&#8221; to put a solution in place and minimise disruption. Patients are asked not to attend hospital unless it is essential.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear whether the health board was deliberately targeted.<\/p>\n<p>NHS Lanarkshire was one of the worst-hit health authorities in Scotland in the widespread cyber-attacks in May<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, a spokeswoman for the health board said the current issues were &#8220;not on the same scale&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>She said a number of appointments and procedures had been postponed as a result of the current issues, but there were &#8220;no concerns around emergency treatments&#8221;.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"story-body__crosshead\">Further investigations<\/h2>\n<p>The board&#8217;s chief executive Calum Campbell said: &#8220;We have detected some incidences of malware and took immediate action to prevent this spreading while we carried out further investigations. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are currently putting in place a solution from our IT security provider. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While the issue is being resolved, our staff have been working hard to minimise the impact on patients and we apologise to anyone who has been affected.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>NHS Lanarkshire&#8217;s hospitals include Monklands, Wishaw General and Hairmyres.<\/p>\n<p>The health board has urged people to consider whether they definitely need emergency care before attending AE.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Jane Burns, dedical director for the acute division said: &#8220;I would ask that patients do not attend our hospitals unless it is essential.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you do turn up at AE and do not require emergency care you may be sent away from the department or you may experience a lengthy wait.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Emergency care will still be provided for those who do require to be seen.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright NHS Lanarkshire Operations have been cancelled after hospitals and GP practices run by NHS Lanarkshire were hit by a cyber-attack. The health board confirmed malicious software had been detected in IT systems, causing appointments and procedures to be postponed. It said it &#8220;took immediate action&#8221; to put a solution in place and minimise [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-192142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192142\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}