The Patient Advocacy Service says people in the region often feel there is nowhere for them to turn when they experience difficulties with the health service.

The five day moving average has also increased by 5% in the last week.

Only urgent or emergency appointments are going ahead.

NPHET is closely monitoring variants of concern in other countries.

Work is ongoing to test a decryption key.

It's almost a week since the cyberattack.

the Financial Times has reported that it's seen screenshots and files.

Efforts to repair damage done by the cyber-attack are continuing.