Representative ImageWhat King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust said about the death caused by cyberattack“The patient safety incident investigation identified a number of contributing factors that led to the patient's death. This included a long wait for a blood test result due to the cyber-attack impacting pathology services at the time. Our hearts go out to the family involved.”The UK has recorded its first-ever death linked to a cyberattack on a hospital. This development follows a ransomware incident that affected NHS blood services at London hospitals and GP surgeries in June 2024. A spokesperson for the trust indicated that "a long wait for a blood test result" was among several contributing factors to the patient's death.

Source: The Times June 27, 2025 04:09 UTC