Sussex hospital trust critical incident latest: emergency departments now seeing patients as normal after staff work hard to restore IT systems overnight
The University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust has announced that the trust is no longer in Critical Incident.
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At 9am today (Monday, January 15), a spokesperson announced that ‘good progress’ had been made overnight on restoring the IT systems.
The announcement said: “Anyone with a planned appointment today should attend as normal unless they are contacted by our staff. Our Emergency Departments are receiving patients as normal, but please be aware that all teams are under additional pressure after the disruption over the weekend – if your health problem is not an emergency, or life-threatening, please visit 111.nhs.uk or call 111 for help or advice.”