‘We’re bracing ourselves’: Pharmacies ‘still’ backlogged after IT failure

Services are expected to “be slower than usual” today as community pharmacies “play catch up” following an international IT outage last week, C+D has learned.

Pharmacy queue
Some pharmacists received “no prescriptions” at all on Friday or Saturday
Kate Bowie

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Kate Bowie joined C+D as a digital reporter in August 2023 after graduating from a master’s in journalism at City, University of London. She began covering the primary care beat at the end of 2022, when she carried out several health investigations focused on staffing issues, NHS funding and health inequalities.

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