Community pharmacies report prescription delays caused by global IT outage

A defect found in a content update has impacted servers worldwide, including electronic patient record systems and software used in community pharmacies across the UK.
Pharmacist using computer
Pharmacists have reported that the electronic prescribing system is not working and is "making it very difficult for GP and community pharmacy teams”

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Community pharmacies have been unable to access GP prescriptions or carry out medicine deliveries, owing to an IT outage that has affected computers across the world, the National Pharmacy Association has said.

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