UK Microsoft outage disrupts NHS, courts, police, and property sales

A global Microsoft outage has disrupted key public services across the UK, including the NHS, courts, police forces, and property agents, forcing them to find workarounds for email and other IT systems. The NHS experienced serious and widespread disruption, with over one million staff unable to access the NHS.net Connect system for emails, meetings, and patient data. Some operations and appointments were cancelled, and staff resorted to paper records, while patients were urged to attend appointments unless advised otherwise. Courts cancelled or delayed cases, with some judgments postponed until Monday, while police reported that 999 emergency calls were unaffected but online crime reporting was down. In the housing sector, agents and conveyancers used telephones and hand deliveries to complete property sales.