Four clinical IT systems have been shut down while security experts "isolate and destroy" the virus Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Updated 03.11.16, 12:55 GMT: The Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust has said "the majority" of its computer systems are up and running following an attack.

Patients with scheduled appoints should presume they will go ahead, the trust added. No further details were given as to the nature of the attack or what impact it had on the trust's IT systems.


Original story, 02.11.16:

Operations and appointments have been disrupted for a third day at an NHS trust hit by a computer virus over the weekend.

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The Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust confirmed that nearly all planned operations, outpatient appointments and diagnostic procedures had been cancelled for Wednesday, November 2.

The continued and widespread disruption to service at the trust follows advice given by security experts that the majority of systems be shut down to “isolate and destroy” a computer virus attack detected on October 30.


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The trust runs three hospitals in Grimsby, Scunthorpe and Goole, all of which have been affected by the attack. Thousands of patients have been affected, with doctors resorting to pen and paper for some cases and patients being urged to seek care at hospitals run by the neighbouring North East Lincolnshire Trust.

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In a statement posted on its website, the trust warned that all patients over the age of 18 should presume their appointments had been cancelled. Major trauma cases and high-risk women in labour are also being diverted to neighbouring hospitals. Accident and emergency services remain open, the trust has confirmed.

The affected hospitals share four clinical IT systems, forcing an almost complete shutdown across the trust. The trust has not disclosed any details about the attack, other than confirming a “virus” had infected its “electronic systems.”

It isn’t yet clear when systems will be restored, with the trust saying cancelled appointments would be rescheduled “as soon as possible”.