Whole health system’s IT goes down

HSJ understands that IT systems across the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly ICS went down around midday, prompting the declaration of a major incident.

In a statement, a spokesperson for the ICS said the incident was a “local issue” and not a “cyber attack”.

As a result of the issue, some planned outpatient appointments, including operations, have been cancelled. The outage is also thought to have contributed to a large ambulance handover backlog.

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, Cornwall Partnership NHS Trust, and University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, as well as GP surgeries and community providers, are understood to have been affected by the outage.

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Source: 11 June 2024