Extreme temperatures disrupt NHS trust's IT systems, impacts services

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Extreme temperatures disrupt NHS trust's IT systems, impacts services
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Extreme temperatures disrupt NHS trust's IT systems, impacts services

Guy's and St Thomas' Trust in London has had to cancel operations as doctors were unable to access patients' records

Guy's and St Thomas' Trust (GSTT) in London, one of the NHS's biggest hospital trusts, postponed scheduled radiotherapy for cancer patients this week after its IT system crashed as a result of extr...

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