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Microsoft outage hits hospitals, GPs, schools and police across UK

Microsoft outage hits hospitals, GPs, schools and police across UK

NHS suffering ‘serious’ and widespread disruption, while people are told of possible delays in receiving prescriptions

Hospitals, GPs and police forces across the UK have been hit by the global Microsoft outage, which is also expected to disrupt schools, businesses and some travel.

Key public services battled to get systems back online amid “widespread” and “serious” disruption to NHS services, as staff resorted to using patient’s paper records after being unable to access email and other IT facilities used to deliver healthcare.

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