Weston General Hospital urges patients to attend as usual during widespread Microsoft Issues

University Hospitals Bristol & Weston NHS Trust is urging patients to continue with appointments and business as usual as Microsoft IT systems around the world are hit with technical difficulties

A spokesperson for the trust said: “Our hospitals are currently affected by a global Microsoft Outlook email outage. All appointments, clinics, and procedures are going ahead as normal - you do not need to call ahead to check. Please attend your appointment as planned.

If you have an urgent enquiry about an appointment today, please call the relevant department using the number on your appointment letter.”