some operations have been cancelled, and there have been problems in particular with blood transfusions and test results. helena wilkinson is outside st thomas hospital helena. jane a major incident this helena. jane a ma or incident this evenin: at helena. jane a ma or incident this evening at some helena. jane a major incident this evening at some of helena. jane a major incident this evening at some of london s - helena. jane a major incident this i evening at some of london s busiest and biggest hospitals after they fell victim to that cyber attack. the hospitals that are affected are those that are partnered with a firm that provides pathology services and it is vision a major impact on patient care. operations have had to be cancelled. blood transfusions and test results have been particularly affected. as have been particularly affected. as have other radio ten tests. guy s and st thomas hospital in the heart of the capital is one of the nhs trustings after effec
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helen and wilkinson has this report. operations have had to be cancelled. blood transfusions and test results have been particularly affected. as have other radio ten tests. guy s and st thomas hospital in the heart of the capital is one of the nhs trusts affected by the major it incident. king s college hospital, the royal brompton, and the evelina london children s hospital as well as other services have been affected. about 6.50 last night, i received an e mail and a text that both had exactly the same information on, confirming that due to circumstances beyond their control, blood tests had been cancelled for the foreseeable future. nhs england describe the impact as significant, adding that emergency care continued on the available. it is is thought the incident happened yesterday, some departments were unable to connect to the main server. the it service partner has said sorry to patients impacted by the disruption, recognising the upset it has caused. it is not clear