Dear GP UK,
This came from a different source on 4.4.04 - and is posted here with
Karen's permission.
The question needing answering is in her second to last paragraph: what
happens with central servers when the infrastructure becomes
non-functional? Manchester appears to have been accidental -
infrastructure damage can be deliberate.
Central servers may be safe - that isn't the question here: with remote
storage, communicating links become mission critical!
MaryH
Hi all
I have been asked by my nearest and dearest to let you all know about
the difficulties over the last week in Buxton. Loss of phone links for 3
days due to fire in Manchester resulted in chaos here. Little reported
in the press, probably because it was up north.
No cash available, banks closed , shops and garages only able to take
cash which of course you couldn't get cos the banks and cash points were
closed.
No 999 calls, no NHS direct. Only one moblie phone network worked. OOH
co-op functioned only because we had an orange phone they could use.
Anyway to get to the point. How would the NPfIT solution of central
servers fair under such circumstances. Would there still be a sever with
patient data held in each practice.
Am I asking impossible questions??
Cheers
Karen
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Mary Hawking
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