NHS trusts are experiencing disruption one week after a cyber-attack caused havoc in more than 150 countries.The unprecedented ransomware breach froze computers across the health service last Friday, with hackers threatening to delete files unless a ransom was paid.Shadow Brokers threaten to unleash more hacking tools Read moreOperations and clinic appointments were cancelled and patients were still being diverted from accident and emergency departments on Thursday.However, NHS England confirmed on Friday that ambulances were no longer being diverted to unaffected hospitals.Dr Anne Rainsberry, the regional director for London at NHS England, said: There is still some disruption in a small number of areas but most patients are being treated normally. We are grateful for the hard work of staff at trusts and GP practices who are still suffering IT issues but have found ways to work around this, as well as the patience of people who have been affected.A pre-inquest review on Friday into hearings on the deaths of the perpetrator and the victims of the Westminster terrorist attack in March heard Barts Health NHS trust, the health services largest trust, was still unable to access data.
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