NHS Trust in East Sussex struck with global Microsoft outage
The East Sussex NHS Healthcare Trust is amongst the many organisations impacted by the global Microsoft outage. The trust has advised how people should contact them during the issues.
A spokesperson for the trust said: “We have been affected by the Microsoft service disruption. We’re unable to send or receive email but most of our services are operating as usual.
“- Scheduled appointments are going ahead – please attend with the instructions you have, you don’t need to call us to check.
“- Maternity services – if you have any questions about your pregnancy or are in labour please call us on 0300 131 5341 our midwives are here to help.
“- Urgent medical help and emergency care: please use NHS 111 online and 999 services as normal.
“- Community-based services (single point of access, district nursing, therapies etc.) are unable to send or receive referrals and prioritising support on the basis of urgency.
“Should you need to contact any of our services please use our phone lines rather than emails.
“We apologise for any inconvenience and thank you for your patience and understanding.”