Between 12 December 2024 and 20 January this year, 140 patients had to wait in crowded EDs for more than 100 hours. At Altnagelvin Area Hospital, one person spent a week in its ED.

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust confirmed that one patient had "died unexpectedly" during the cyber attack on 3 June 2024, which disrupted more than 10,000 appointments.