General Practitioners Forewarn Another Week of Disruption After Microsoft Outage Causes Chaos in NHS Practices due to 'Digital First' Model Pushed by NHS Management

Patients could face challenges with appointments, prescriptions, and test results due to Microsoft’s global outage last week.
NHS services are still recovering from the crisis, impacting GP practices, hospitals, and pharmacies.
EMIS system used by GP practices experienced a temporary loss, causing a backlog in services.
Calls for urgent backup systems for GP services were made to avoid future disruptions.
US cybersecurity company CrowdStrike was responsible for the flawed update that caused the outage affecting 8.5 million Windows devices.

General Practitioners Forewarn Another Week of Disruption After Microsoft Outage Causes Chaos in NHS Practices due to ‘Digital First’ Model Pushed by NHS Management