HSE cyberattack

May 19th
We have received enquiries about the effect of the current HSE cyberattack on GP and other services.

The current situation is

• GP telephone or face to face consultations will continue as before
• Our vaccination clinics continue as planned
• We are still available for telephone triage of COVID queries, and onward referral for testing
• We will be able to refer patients if required for urgent A&E assessments as usual

What may be different is as follows

• We are not receiving our usual electronic returns of xray or laboratory results
• We are not able to send electronic referrals to hospitals, and there will be a delay to other referrals
• We cannot send electronic certificates to the Dept of Social Welfare
• There may be some impact on routine cervical smear tests and xray requests

We hope that this will have not too great an effect on services, but it comes at a time when we are very busy anyway. So
PLEASE BE KIND TO ALL OUR STAFF WHO ARE DOING THEIR BEST FOR YOU
IN EXTREMELY UNUSUAL AND DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES

Thank you!

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