Hospitals urge patients to attend as normal during IT outage19 hours ago By Angela Ferguson , BBC News ShareThe Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust The Christie cancer hospital in Manchester is among those which have urged patients to attend as normal, unless told otherwiseHospitals across the North West have urged patients to attend as normal during the worldwide IT outage. Hospitals including the Countess of Chester and the Royal Liverpool have shared a message from NHS England advising people to attend appointments unless told otherwise. A spokesperson said patients attending for systemic anti-cancer treatments should attend as normal unless they have been contacted in advance by the team. A spokesperson for Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, whose hospitals include the Royal Preston, also reiterated the message from NHS England. They said hospital trusts in Lancashire and South Cumbria asked people to continue to attend hospital appointments unless they were contacted and told otherwise.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 20, 2024 00:52 UTC