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Microsoft’s outage has made Healthmail, the HSE’s national clinical email service, unavailable, the Irish Examiner reports. The HSE says it has agreed alternative prescription arrangements with the IMO, ICGP and IPU for the GMS scheme.
Why it mattersThe Department of Social Protection says welfare payments are unaffected, but responses to service queries may be delayed. Cork City and County councils also report disruption to email and online services. For patients and people trying to reach public services, the outage is more than a missing inbox.
Discuss: Should essential services be required to maintain independent communication systems, even when they add cost and complexity?
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