Why PSA testing is so important in helping a prostate cancer diagnosis Putting a spotlight on men’s health Conversations surrounding men’s health have increased in recent months with the announcement that Chris Hoy is living with prostate cancer and the Local Government Association’s latest research on the topic, which found that men are dying four […]
Taking the awkwardness out of bowel cancer Almost 44,000 people in the UK are diagnosed with bowel cancer every year, making it the fourth most common cancer. However, according to Bupa, discussions and awareness around bowel cancer are seen as taboo and rarely talked about. Not only can this lead to misinformation but, crucially, may […]
This is the final progress update on our restoration and recovery programme. Going forward, queries regarding investigation status can be directed to: For any media queries: synnovisqueries@fticonsulting.comFor questions from data controllers regarding the investigation: dataqueries@synnovis.co.uk Services recovery and restoration The first phase of our restoration plan was prioritised by clinical criticality and is now complete. Our service users now […]
I am pleased to report that we successfully transferred the final cohort of GP services back to Synnovis this week, meaning that all GPs have access to our full repertoire of medical diagnostic services once again. At the same time, our programme to restore remaining IT systems continues apace.““We expect to be in a position […]
We continue to make good, steady progress in delivering our restoration plan, having successfully rebuilt the majority of core IT systems. The approach to recovering services has been truly reflective of the effective collaboration in place between healthcare organisations across south east London. Once again, I would like to thank patients, GPs, clinicians, our partners […]
On Monday 3 June, Synnovis – a pathology partnership between Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, King’s College Hospitals NHS Trust and SYNLAB – was the victim of a ransomware cyberattack, resulting in a major IT incident and a significant reduction in capacity to process samples. Since the attack, every available resource has been […]
Update on Cyber Incident On Monday 3 June, Synnovis – a pathology partnership between Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, King’s College Hospitals NHS Trust and SYNLAB – was the victim of a ransomware cyberattack, resulting in a major IT incident and a significant reduction in capacity to process samples. Technical Recovery Almost all […]
On 3 June, Synnovis – a pathology services partnership between two London-based hospital Trusts and SYNLAB – was the victim of a cyber attack. Last week a group claiming responsibility for the cyber attack published data online. We have now been able to confirm that this data was stolen from Synnovis’ systems. An analysis of […]
On 3 June, Synnovis – a pathology services partnership between two London-based hospital Trusts and SYNLAB – was the victim of a cyber attack. Last night a group claiming responsibility for the cyber attack published data online that they allege belongs to Synnovis. We know how worrying this development may be for many people. An […]
