Major IT failure that hit four hospitals and affected thousands of patients expected to cost £675k
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukA major IT failure that caused weeks of problems at four major Greater Manchester hospitals will cost the NHS more than £650k, it has been revealed.
The issue, which began on May 17, impacted most clinical systems in Fairfield General, Rochdale Infirmary, the Royal Oldham Hospital and North Manchester General Hospital.
Thousands of patients were affected when IT problems caused chaos with services including electronic prescribing, viewing patients’ medical records and finding test results, and forced staff to move back to a paper system.
A report to a health scrutiny board this week states that around 1,000 appointments and procedures were cancelled, with the biggest impact felt in specialities such as treating eye conditions.
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