Weekly Data

Weekly data on the impact of the Synnovis cyber-attack will be published on this page.

The update covers the week 26 August to 1 September 2024. The next update will be issued on Thursday 12 September.

 

Planned care (day cases and inpatient treatments) Transplant impacts Maternity Outpatients Urgent and emergency care Blood tests
3-9 June 814 elective procedures were postponed.

73 of these procedures were cancer treatments.

 18 organs were diverted for use by other trusts.

No planned transplants were cancelled.

 One elective C-section postponed or rescheduled in the last week. 900 hospital appointments were postponed.

78 community outpatient appointments have been postponed.

 All unplanned services, including A&E services, are open as normal.

Optional blood borne virus (HIV, Hep C and Hep B) tests, which are offered to A&E patients as part of a trial, are currently suspended.

 South East London pathology services provided this week increased to approximately 10% of normal capacity.

50% of this has been ringfenced to support patients in the acute trusts of Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College London NHS Foundation Trust.
10-16 June 383 elective procedures were postponed.

29 of these procedures were cancer treatments.

 46 organs were diverted for use by other trusts.

No planned transplants were cancelled.

 One planned C-section postponed or cancelled in the last week. 1,301 hospital appointments were postponed.

38 community outpatient appointments have been postponed.

 All unplanned services, including A&E services, are open as normal.

Optional blood borne virus (HIV, Hep C and Hep B) tests, which are offered to A&E patients as part of a trial, are currently suspended.

 South East London pathology services provided this week increased to approximately 30% of normal capacity.
17-23 June 205 elective procedures were postponed.

24 of these procedures were cancer treatments.

 21 organs were diverted for use by other trusts.

One planned transplant was cancelled.

 Zero planned C-sections postponed or cancelled in the last week. 1,300 hospital appointments were postponed.

101 community outpatient appointments have been postponed.

 All unplanned services, including A&E services, are open as normal.

Optional blood borne virus (HIV, Hep C and Hep B) tests, which are offered to A&E patients as part of a trial, are currently suspended.

 South East London pathology services provided this week increased to approximately 45% of normal capacity.
24-30 June 136 elective procedures were postponed.

13 of these procedures were cancer treatments.

 29 organs were diverted for use by other trusts.

Zero planned transplant was cancelled.

 Zero planned C-sections postponed or cancelled in the last week. 1,517 hospital appointments were postponed.

127 community outpatient appointments have been postponed.

 All unplanned services, including A&E services, are open as normal.

Optional blood borne virus (HIV, Hep C and Hep B) tests, which are offered to A&E patients as part of a trial, are currently suspended.

 South East London pathology services provided this week increased to approximately 54% of normal capacity.
1-7 July 100 elective procedures were postponed.

5 of these procedures were cancer treatments.

 30 organs were diverted for use by other trusts. Zero planned C-sections postponed/cancelled in the last week. 1,286 hospital appointments were postponed.

148 community outpatient appointments have been postponed.

 All unplanned services, including A&E services, are open as normal.

Optional blood borne virus (HIV, Hep C and Hep B) tests, which are offered to A&E patients as part of a trial, are currently suspended.

 South East London pathology services provided this week increased to approximately 54% of normal capacity.
8-14 July 71 elective procedures were postponed.

2 of these procedures were cancer treatments.

 26 organs were diverted for use by other trusts. Zero planned C-sections postponed/cancelled in the last week. 1,028 hospital appointments were postponed.

24 community outpatient appointments have been postponed.

 All unplanned services, including A&E services, are open as normal.

Optional blood borne virus (HIV, Hep C and Hep B) tests, which are offered to A&E patients as part of a trial, are currently suspended.

 South East London pathology services provided this week remains at approximately 54% of normal capacity.
15-21 July 46 elective procedures were postponed.

4 of these procedures were cancer treatments.

 20 organs were diverted for use by other trusts. Zero planned C-sections postponed/cancelled in the last week. 1,122 hospital appointments were postponed.

34 community outpatient appointments have been postponed.

 All unplanned services, including A&E services, are open as normal.

Optional blood borne virus (HIV, Hep C and Hep B) tests, which are offered to A&E patients as part of a trial, are currently suspended.

 South East London pathology services provided this week remains at approximately 60% of normal capacity.
 22-28 July 52 elective procedures were postponed.

2 of these were cancer treatments.

 1 organ was diverted for use by other trusts. Zero planned C-sections postponed/cancelled in the last week. 1,074 hospital appointments were postponed.

28 community outpatient appointments have been postponed.

 All unplanned services, including A&E services, are open as normal.

Optional blood borne virus (HIV, Hep C and Hep B) tests, which are offered to A&E patients as part of a trial, are currently suspended.

 South East London pathology services provided this week increased to 67% of normal capacity.
29 July – 4 August 20 elective procedures were postponed.

3 of these were cancer treatments.

 Zero organs were diverted for use by other trusts. Zero planned C-sections postponed/cancelled in the last week. 578 hospital appointments were postponed.

0 community outpatient appointments have been postponed.

 All unplanned services, including A&E services, are open as normal.

Optional blood borne virus (HIV, Hep C and Hep B) tests, which are offered to A&E patients as part of a trial, are currently suspended.

 Capacity across south east London pathology services continues to increase.

*Due to data verification issues, this week’s percentage figure will be provided in the next update.
5-11 August 13 elective procedures were postponed.

3 of these were cancer treatments.

 Zero organs were diverted for use by other trusts. Zero planned C-sections postponed/cancelled in the last week. 53 hospital appointments were postponed.

0 community outpatient appointments have been postponed.

 All unplanned services, including A&E services, are open as normal.

Optional blood borne virus (HIV, Hep C and Hep B) tests, which are offered to A&E patients as part of a trial, are currently suspended.

 South east London pathology services provided this week increased to around 85% of normal capacity. (This is expected to further increase with three of the six boroughs in south east London being able to start moving laboratory testing services for primary care back to Synnovis in three of their six boroughs from today 15/8).
12-18 August 3 elective procedures were postponed.

None of these were cancer treatments.

 Zero organs were diverted for use by other trusts. Zero planned C-sections postponed/cancelled in the last week. 29 hospital appointments were postponed.

No community outpatient appointments have been postponed.

 All unplanned services, including A&E services, are open as normal.

Optional blood borne virus (HIV, Hep C and Hep B) tests, which are offered to A&E patients as part of a trial, are currently suspended.

 South east London Synnovis laboratory blood testing capacity this week increased to 100 per cent capacity.

We will now stop reporting on this figure in future weeks.
19-25 August 4 elective procedures were postponed.

None of these were cancer treatments.

 Zero organs were diverted for use by other trusts. Zero planned C-sections postponed/cancelled in the last week. 21 hospital appointments were postponed.

No community outpatient appointments have been postponed.

 All unplanned services, including A&E services, are open as normal.

Optional blood borne virus (HIV, Hep C and Hep B) tests, which are offered to A&E patients as part of a trial, are currently suspended.
26 August – 2 September 2 elective procedures were postponed.

None of these were cancer treatments.

 Zero organs were diverted for use by other trusts. Zero planned C-sections postponed/cancelled in the last week. 25 hospital appointments were postponed.

No community outpatient appointments have been postponed.

 All unplanned services, including A&E services, are open as normal.

Optional blood borne virus (HIV, Hep C and Hep B) tests, which are offered to A&E patients as part of a trial, are currently suspended.

 

Wider impact

Synnovis provides specialist tests for other hospitals in the country. However, the material service impact remains in south east London. Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust remain in a critical incident, while Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, Bromley Healthcare, and primary care services in south east London continue to be affected and involved in the incident response.