How The GLOBAL IT OUTAGE Is Affecting Doctors and Patients | NHS England
There has been a global IT outage across the world affecting IT services and computer software used by airports, banks, payrolls, hospitals and many other institutions.
In the UK, GP surgeries have been affected due to shut down of EMIS systems which store NHS patient records. As a result, some surgeries have been reported to be turning patients away and closing for the day.
But can doctors still see patients without computers? The short answer is Yes, as they can use paper records which can later be transferred to the computer when normal services resume.
As you are aware, the issue is to do with crowdstrike, a cybersecurity firm used by microsoft for security updates, and a faulty falcon sensor update is thought to be the cause and still being looked into for fixes as I speak.
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