Impact Of HSE Cyber-Attack On GP’s

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The UL Hospitals Group is seeing major cancellations across all six of its facilities today.

All outpatient clinics, elective inpatient and day case procedures – with the exception of time-critical cases, diagnostics, cardiac investigations and endoscope services have all been cancelled.

While GP’s have a different IT system than the one hit by the cyber-attack, their communication with the local hospitals has been affected – meaning routine bloods have been cancelled and non-urgent referrals aren’t currently possible.

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On Tuesday’s Morning Focus, Pat Flynn was joined by Ennis GP, Dr. Máire Finn to outline the extent of the impact to GP services.