The NHS in Cornwall has said "the majority" of GP practices will now have "limited" access to patient records and bookings but warned there could still be delays on getting prescriptions.

It follows a global IT outage yesterday (Friday) that continues to have an impact worldwide.

Airlines are still struggling, with many flights still being cancelled, causing major disruption at the start of the school summer holidays.

Another sector particularly badly hit was the NHS.

Today (Saturday) NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board issued a further statement to update patients on the currently situation.

It said: "Following the global IT issues, work continues to restore our NHS IT systems.

"The issue with EMIS, an appointment and patient record system used by the majority of GP practices is being resolved and limited access is now possible.”

However, it went on to add that certain services – including prescriptions – could take “longer to resolve.”

It explained: “Some local services, including community pharmacy and prescriptions may take some time to be fully resolved and we kindly ask for your continued understanding, support and patience over this time.”

Advice has been given how people can help at this time.

  • Patients should continue to access the most appropriate service including local pharmacies, NHS 111, minor injury units and urgent treatment centre over the weekend.
  •  If it’s not urgent, people are asked to wait until after the weekend to access services
  • Check locations, waiting and opening times online as the nearest treatment centre may not be the quickest. Visit https://royalcornwallhospitals.nhs.uk/waiting-times/urgent-care 
  • Don’t turn up at the emergency department or call 999 unless you have a life or limb threatening emergency, in order to keep these services available for the people who need it the most

A spokesperson for NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board added: "We are grateful to our staff who continue to work together to minimise disruption for patients wherever possible during this time. Thank you."

Issues developed overnight from Thursday into Friday, when problems occurred within some Microsoft datacentres that affected Microsoft 365 software and Microsoft Azure cloud computing.

At a similar time, but not related to the Microsoft problem, the Cybersecurity company Crowdstrike announced a fault with their anti virus and anti malware software. This fault has affected multiple airlines, banks and other businesses worldwide.