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A&E chaos with '16-HOUR waits' and patients turned away from appointments as hospitals switch to new IT system

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Patients have faced two days of 'chaos' and delays of more than 12 hours after hospitals in Manchester changed computer systems.

Long delays - prompting ironic cheers - have have been reported at A&E, while some patients have been turned away from appointments in the city.

The issue has been affecting hospitals run by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust since yesterday (September 8). They include Manchester Royal Infirmary and Wythenshawe Hospital, where the Manchester Evening News has been told of long A&E delays.

One patient contacted the M.E.N. while at Wythenshawe Hospital today, having arrived on Thursday afternoon. She said: "I am, at the minute, a patient in A&E in Wythenshawe.

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