Government will not order utility firms to put NHS first if IT bug hits

By PETER MITCHELL1998-10-22T00:00:00

The NHS will have to rely on the good will of power, water and telephone companies for priority treatment if the millennium computer bug hits supplies, it emerged this week.

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