GP website firm collapses, leaving patients at hundreds of surgeries unable to book online
Silicon Practice, a company that hosted websites for hundreds of general practice surgeries across England and Wales, has ceased operations following an administration filing by parent firm Schappit Limited, leaving clinics offline and patients unable to book appointments, review test results, or submit consultation forms online. NHS England reports that most surgeries continue to operate normally and is coordinating with integrated care boards to deploy alternative digital services, while affected patients are advised to phone their practices directly. The outage highlights systemic risks in decentralized health procurement ahead of planned national remote care platforms. Also in this briefing: Channel small boat crossings resume following a three-week pause, and four UK locations compete for City of Culture twenty twenty-nine.
Listen in the Fylom app.
Corporate insolvency at Silicon Practice disabled booking software for hundreds of clinics across England and Wales.
Rival vendor X-on Health offered stranded general practices three months of free emergency digital tools.
Autumn weather halted Channel boat crossings for twenty-one days before two hundred sixty-three people arrived in October.
Projected ten-year asylum spending is expected to exceed fifteen billion pounds amid renewed crossing debates.
New Respect Orders will allow town-centre bans and curfews to target repeat antisocial offenders.
Four finalists are competing for ten million pounds in government funding as City of Culture twenty twenty-nine.
- 01Intro1 min
- 02GP website firm collapses, leaving patients at hundreds of surgeries unable to book online: Outage details2 min
- 03GP website firm collapses, leaving patients at hundreds of surgeries unable to book online: Systemic fallout and response2 min
- 04Channel small boat crossings resume after three-week pause1 min
- 05Where things stand1 min
- 06Blackpool, Milton Keynes, Sheffield and Wrexham battle for City of Culture 20291 min
- 07Outro1 min
- Hundreds of gp websites go offline after firm enters administration
- GP practices' websites 'taken down' after company enters administration
- Patient Flow Manager - Digital Solutions for NHS Healthcare
- Bmj 2026 101286
- Hundreds of NHS websites offline after provider goes into administration | ITV News
- youtube.com
- X-on Health offers support to GP practices affected by Silicon Practice shutdown – HTN Health Tech News
- Why hundreds of NHS GP surgery websites have gone offline
- Silicon Practice digital provider goes into administration - WNL Primary Care Professionals Website
- Thousands of patients unable to access GPs online after collapse of tech firm
- Gloucestershire GP surgeries hit by disruption as firm collapses | Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard
- Emergency operation restores GP websites after Silicon Practice collapse | TheBusinessDesk.com
- Almost 265 Channel migrants arrive in UK after three-week hiatus | The National
- Small boat arrivals: last 7 days
- Channel Crossing Tracker | Migration Watch UK
- Four contenders make City of Culture shortlist for 2029 | ITV News
- Blackpool, Milton Keynes, Sheffield and Wrexham shortlisted for UK City of Culture 2029
- Four cities shortlisted for UK City of Culture 2029
- Rhys Ifans backs Wrexham's UK City of Culture 2029 bid | North Wales Chronicle
- Blackpool, Milton Keynes, Sheffield and Wrexham shortlisted for UK City of Culture 2029
- UK City of Culture 2029: Milton Keynes one of four finalists | Bucks Free Press
- Investing in culture builds confidence in communities
- Sheffield reaches City of Culture final with at least £125,000 for bid - Sheffield News
- Theatres boss celebrates Culture shortlist and says winning "would be icing on cake"
- DCMS announces UK City of Culture 2029 shortlist - Arts Professional
- Beyond Rob & Ryan: The city bidding for UK culture crown | The Leader
- Wrecsam2029: Wrexham’s City of Culture Bid | Love Wrexham
- Councillors react after Middlesbrough misses out on City of Culture shortlist
Fylom generates episodes like this on any topic you're curious about.
Fylom episodes are researched, written, and voiced by AI. Automated checks help catch inaccuracies, but episodes aren't reviewed by a human and AI can still get things wrong. Treat them as a starting point, not a source of record — more in our accuracy disclaimer.