Wannacry ransom ware attack
Dear Barts Health NHS Trust,
In respect of the recent WannaCry ransom ware attack on NHS Organisations can you confirm if your organisation was affected.
If so can you please provide the overall costs of recovery and remediation from the attack.
If possible could you break these down into the following subheadings
ICT contract and staff Costs
Other Staff Costs
Cost of lost productivity
Cost of cancelled clinics
Percentage of staff affected by the attack
Were there any severe adverse effects to patients
Yours faithfully,
Olufemi George
Yours faithfully,
Olufemi George
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Dear Olufemi,
Thank you for your request for information and our response is below.
Your request:
In respect of the recent WannaCry ransom ware attack on NHS Organisations
can you confirm if your organisation was affected.
If so can you please provide the overall costs of recovery and remediation
from the attack.
If possible could you break these down into the following subheadings ICT
contract and staff Costs Other Staff Costs Cost of lost productivity Cost
of cancelled clinics Percentage of staff affected by the attack Were there
any severe adverse effects to patients
Our response.
Please find attached standard document issued by Trust concerning the NHS
cyber-attack.
I hope that the information that we have been able to provide will be of
value to you but please let us know if we can be of further assistance.
([Barts Health NHS Trust request email]) . We would be grateful if you would take a
minute to fill out our FOI Feedback Questionnaire at
[1]www.bartshealth.nhs.uk/foi-feedback. If you require any further
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contact the press office on 020 7480 4893 (Monday to Friday 9am-5pm) or
out of hours call Switchboard on 020 7377 7000 and ask to contact the duty
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If you are dissatisfied on how your request has been handled, you can
complain in writing to: The Information Governance Manager, Barts Health
NHS Trust,
Email: [2][Barts Health NHS Trust request email]
Postal address:
The Information Governance Manager,
c/o Archives & Records Centre,
Barts Health NHS Trust,
Lower Ground Floor,
9 Prescot St,
Aldgate,
E1 8PR
If, after we have addressed your complaint, you remain dissatisfied with
how we have responded, you are entitled to appeal to the Information
Commissioner (Tel: 01625 545 745). Details are shown at www.ico.org.uk
Yours faithfully,
Samir Kamil
Freedom of Information (FOI) Coordinator
Barts Health NHS Trust
9 Prescot Street
London E1 8PR
Email: [email address]
Website: www.bartshealth.nhs.uk
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