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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.

On 3 June, Synnovis – a pathology services partnership between two London-based hospital Trusts and SYNLAB - was the victim of a cyberattack. Last week a group claiming responsibility for the cyberattack published data online. We have now been able to confirm that this data was stolen from Synnovis’ systems.

On 3 June, Synnovis – a pathology services partnership between two London-based hospital Trusts and SYNLAB – was the victim of a cyberattack. Last night a group claiming responsibility for the cyberattack published data online that they allege belongs to Synnovis.

The investigation into the attack continues, including any possible impact to data. Once further information is known we will report in line with Information Commissioner’s Office requirements, and prioritise the notification of any impacted individuals or partners as required.

On Monday 3 June, Synnovis – a partnership between two London-based hospital Trusts and SYNLAB - was the victim of a ransomware cyberattack. This has affected all Synnovis IT systems, resulting in interruptions to many of our pathology services.

Serving a local population of more than 1.7 million people, the partnership will build on Viapath’s existing expertise to deliver and transform NHS pathology services across South East London over the next 15 years.

Response undertaken by the recruitment team to meet the needs of Viapath from the week preceding lockdown. Focusing on the onboarding of a specific set of volunteers who were brought in to support additional testing capacity at Guy’s Hospital.

Response undertaken by the recruitment team to meet the needs of Viapath from the week preceding lockdown. Focusing on the onboarding of a specific set of volunteers who were brought in to support additional testing capacity at Guy’s Hospital.

We confirm we have complied with the government's guidance on managing the risk of COVID-19.

From Monday 4th May 2020, HbA1c will be measured by a new method of analysis at Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH)