IT failure leaves staff at two hospitals relying on paper days before doctors strike

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NHS hospitals face a five-day resident doctor strike on Friday

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Staff at two major hospitals in the South West have been forced to resort to paper after a major incident brought IT systems down on the eve of the doctors’ strikes.

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