An appointment bookings system used by GPs is among the IT services impacted.
GP surgeries and pharmacies across the North West are among health services disrupted by a worldwide IT outage.
NHS England said the IT outage was "causing disruption in the majority of GP practices" in England but there was currently no known impact on 999 or emergency services.Microsoft says its outage began at about 18:00 ET on Thursday and it is taking "mitigation actions" after service issues, the AFP news agency has reported.
A spokesperson said: “We’re aware that due to global IT outages that services in community pharmacies, including the accessing of prescriptions from GPs and medicine deliveries, are disrupted today.“We’re urgently raising this issue with the NHS England.” A message on the website of The Elms Medical Centre in Liverpool said: "We are currently experiencing a National Outage on EMIS, this means we are unable to access medical records.A Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust spokesperson said that about 200 to 300 clinics using the EMIS system were affected and this would potentially affect patient appointments as their history cannot be retrieved.
They have asked patients to telephone later "if your call can wait" but anyone with an appointment is asked to attend as normal.
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