Welsh NHS systems failure down to technical glitch, not cyber attack

Sooraj Shah
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Doctors couldn't access patient contact details or letters from other staff because of Welsh NHS IT failure
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Doctors couldn't access patient contact details or letters from other staff because of Welsh NHS IT failure

Blood test and x-ray results couldn't be accessed because of a technical issue with two Welsh NHS data centres

Welsh NHS doctors were unable to access patient details - including blood tests and x-rays - because of a failure in two data centres yesterday. Hospitals and GP surgeries were affected, with the British...

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