NHS IT staff hopeful about fix for Glasgow health board area

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Scotland's largest health board has said its IT system may be operational again after three days of problems.

However, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said it would only be certain that the problem had been fixed when more staff started logging on to the system.

It said patients should attend hospital appointments in Glasgow as normal.

The computer fault affected up to 10 hospitals and caused problems accessing information such as x-rays, records, and referral letters.

More than 700 patients were affected as outpatient appointments, inpatient procedures, day surgery cases and chemotherapy appointments were postponed.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-24378778

 

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IT system problems fixed in Glasgow health board area

Scotland's largest health board has said its IT system is working again after a two-day crash saw hundreds of appointments and procedures cancelled.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said it still does not know what caused the problem which affected 11 hospitals.

The health board said no patient information had been lost and data gathered during the crash would be manually added to update the system.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-24378778