MPs in Oldham have written to health chiefs raising concerns that it took five days to notify them about a major IT failure that led to a ‘critical incident’ being declared at four hospitals.
24.05.2022 - 22:19 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Staff across four of Greater Manchester's hospitals say they are struggling to 'access their patients' medical records, electronically prescribe medications and reliably see test results'. The concerns come as four hospitals have been hit by major IT failures lasting nearly a week, after problems began on Wednesday, May 18.
Concerned staff say the IT crash has 'affected every part' of Royal Oldham, Fairfield General, North Manchester General and Rochdale Infirmary, as 'patients are turning up for results that cannot be seen' on computer screens. This afternoon, May 24, the Royal Oldham, Fairfield and Rochdale declared critical incidents as staff continue to wrangle with the outages.
This evening, North Manchester General Hospital has also confirmed it is dealing with a business continuity incident - one step down from a critical incident.
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Hospital bosses are warning the public to avoid the Royal Oldham Hospital's emergency department unless urgent and life-threatening. The hospital's A&E is one of the worst affected units hit by a slew of IT system problems since Wednesday, trust chiefs have confirmed to the Manchester Evening News. The announcement comes amid waits of '11 hours' being reported by patients at the A&E, while sources have warned that the pressure at the hospital may not relent for at least another '24 to 48 hours'.
The IT failures across the four Greater Manchester hospitals have caused 'severe delays' to patient care, according to staff. Multiple hospital sources tell the M.E.N. that systems used to access blood test, X-ray, MRI and CT scan results are not functioning correctly, meaning
MPs in Oldham have written to health chiefs raising concerns that it took five days to notify them about a major IT failure that led to a ‘critical incident’ being declared at four hospitals.
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Hospital bosses are warning the public to avoid the Royal Oldham Hospital's emergency department unless urgent and life-threatening. The hospital has today declared a critical incident after almost a week of IT failures across four Greater Manchester hospitals which have caused 'severe delays' to patient care, according to staff.
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