Cyber attack ‘nothing to do with dispute’, says British Medical Association


The British Medical Association (BMA) has defended doctors striking at hospitals running at reduced capacity due to a significant cyber attack.

While some junior doctors have been granted permission to return to work due to safety concerns, a number have continued with their industrial action at trusts in London hit by the attack. A senior BMA official said that the “cyber attack has nothing to do with the dispute” as medics took to picket lines. Major hospitals Guys’ and St Thomas’ and King’s in London are continuing to run at reduced capacity following the incident.

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