Well, that was a weekend the NHS would rather forget as across the globe public and private sector organisations were hit by malicious ransomware causing chaos in many parts of the world. This included the NHS and several hospitals and GP practices have had to stop elective activity while they deal with the problem. Fortunately for us The Dudley Group was not infected by the virus but it did cause a huge impact on us as teams providing patient care had to react to the ever changing IT availability.
I really am proud of how all teams pulled together to make sure patient care was not affected, a special mention to the IT team who worked tirelessly throughout the weekend to ensure all of our systems are safe and up to date and the communications team who worked to make sure people knew what was happening as it was happening.
It serves as a timely reminder to us all to be extra vigilant with our emails and check we are confident who the sender is, are we expecting that email and generally taking care not to open files of attachments we wouldn’t expect.
It was a shame that the exciting events that went on across community and hospital bases on Friday were somewhat overshadowed by the cyber attack. That didn’t stop the celebrations to thank you all and it is obvious how proud to care you all are. Over 3500 cakes and pieces of fruit were devoured and hundreds of ‘thankyou’s’ from both staff and patients were posted online and on the boards in main reception at RHH. I’d like to thank all those local businesses who donated either goods or money to make the day possible.
Remember it’s not too late to send in your video saying why you love what you do to be In with a chance of winning one of the £20 prizes. Check out the hub for more info. Look at facebook page (search The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust) to see all the wonderful pictures and videos we captured.