NHS IT system crash: Walk-in centres and GPs at standstill with patients' appointments cancelled
manchestereveningnews.co.ukWalk-in centres and GP practices have been brought to a standstill by massive NHS IT and phone system outages today (March 29).
A technical fault has caused IT systems to crash and phone lines to go down at NHS facilities across Greater Manchester. The problems began this morning and remain ongoing as health bosses scramble to find a fix.
Many of the approximate 600 GP practices across the boroughs of Greater Manchester are understood to be affected, along with multiple walk-in centres and overarching services run by the region's NHS, all of which run on the same system.
Patients' are seeing appointments cancelled and postponed, while staff attempt to keep urgent appointments by working on their personal devices. READ MORE: Massive IT and phone system outages across GP practices in Greater Manchester Many doctors and GP practice staff members are working from their own phones as they frantically try to keep seeing the most urgent patients.
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