Safe in their hands (3)

More problems with the NHS system, according to the Daily Mail:

The controversial new NHS computer programme is churning out hundreds of inaccurate patient records due to a fault in the system.
…a report in Computer Weekly magazine reveals there have been 200 “major incidents” over a four-month period in hospitals where the system has “gone live”.

The latest problem arose after a computer software upgrade installed last month started to produce 400 incorrect duplicates of patient records every day.

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