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The Latest Breaking News from Fairfield General

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How long has Bob Dylan been a Corrie fan? PLUS Giving back this Christmas AND Ambulance staff morale at ‘rock bottom’

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Major IT failure that hit four hospitals and affected thousands of patients expected to cost £675k

It impacted Fairfield General, Rochdale Infirmary, the Royal Oldham Hospital and North Manchester General Hospital

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What went wrong with IT failures at Greater Manchester's major hospitals - and how patients could suffer because of them

“My biggest concern is in that cancer cohort of patients,” warned one trust boss

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'Dangerous' IT chaos hitting four Greater Manchester hospitals set to 'last another week', medics warn

'There was one photocopier was working in the whole hospital last night - when everyone is working on paper. It’s a joke and dangerous,' claims one medic

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IT experts 'brought in from abroad' to solve chaos at four of Greater Manchester's biggest hospitals hit by technical glitches

One senior hospital source said significant work must be done before the IT programmes can resume fully, adding that they ‘can’t see the problem being sorted out this week’

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'I waited five months for cancer treatment only to be told it's cancelled due to IT crash'

The patient says he was told: 'We’re not allowed to see anybody because the consultant can’t access the records and it wouldn’t be safe to see them’

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'We're losing patients in hospitals': Chaos in Greater Manchester's hospitals as week-long IT crash continues

Medics say they cannot keep track of their patients as they move from ward to ward as the digital records crash in four of the region's major hospitals

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Medics 'can't access patient files, prescribe or get test results' as huge hospital IT failure becomes 'critical incident'

Services are stalling because of the IT failures meaning much of the work is having to be done through a paper system

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'Critical incidents' declared at Oldham, Bury and Rochdale hospitals amid major IT failure

Hospital bosses are have declared critical incidents at the Royal Oldham Hospital, Bury's Fairfield General and Rochdale Infirmary

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IT system issue causes 'disruption for patients at four hospitals'

The IT problems are causing 'disruption to staff and patients', according to one senior Greater Manchester NHS source

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