NHS: Blood supply still affected by June 2024 vendor attack

The National Health System in England is still dealing with blood supply issues one year after a ransomware attack on a British pathology laboratory services provider disrupted patient care and testing services at several London-based hospitals and triggered a nationwide shortage of type O-negative blood.

The National Health Systems Blood and Transplant in an advisory said it is urging one million people in England to donate blood to “secure” the nation’s supply.

The plea from the NHSBT comes one year after a June 2024 cyberattack on pathology laboratory Synnovis disrupted the firm’s ability to perform a host of services, including blood testing, leading to the cancellation or postponement of 10,152 acute outpatient appointments and 1,710 elective procedures at the most affected NHS trusts – London’s King’s College Hospital and Guy’s and St. Thomas hospitals. Those trusts have a pathology partnership with Synnovis.

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