Advanced cyber-attack: NHS doctors’ paperwork piles up

Doctors warn that it could take up to six months to process the backlog of medical paperwork resulting from a cyber-attack on NHS supplier Advanced. Essential services, including patient check-in software and the NHS 111 service, have been disrupted for four weeks. Doctors are forced to hand-write patient notes, resulting in delays in delivering care. With the company expecting another 12 weeks until some services are restored, concern is growing about the impact on patient welfare.