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England’s three-hospital Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust cancels outpatient appointments due to an unspecified cybersecurity incident. Patients were asked to avoid visiting the emergency department for non-emergencies.
A hospital employee told a newspaper…
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A “major incident” has been declared at Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust “for cyber security reasons”.
In a statement on…
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Exclusive: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has delayed the go-live date for its Cerner Millennium electronic patient record (EPR) to deal with “outstanding issues” around system and organisational readiness.
The trust announced in February…
