Tuesday 2 May 2017

Cancer patients in limbo as five hospitals suffer 'major' IT crash

Cancer patients in limbo as five hospitals suffer 'major' IT crash Hundreds of cancer patients have been denied treatment at one of England’s biggest hospital trusts due to a major IT failure that ground basic services to a halt.

Doctors at five large London hospitals have reported 11 days of “chaos” after the systems used to prescribe chemotherapy doses and share x-ray and MRI images broke down on April 20.

Barts Health NHS Trust said at least 136 operations had been cancelled due to the crash, as well as “hundreds” of cancer treatment sessions. The Daily Telegraph

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