Scottish NHS IT glitch highlights need for disaster recovery

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IT meltdown forces a Scottish NHS trust to consider postponing chemotherapy sessions, operations and outpatient appointments

Hundreds of NHS patients in the Greater Glasgow and Clyde (GGC) area could be set to have today's appointments rescheduled after a "major IT problem" locked staff out of some systems. Nealy 300 ...

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