University Hospital North Staffordshire has been left with a large hole in its accounts thanks to the failed installation of an iSoft computer system.

The multi-million pound deficit occurred because the computer system failed to properly bill primary care trusts for patients the hospital treated.

A spokesman for iSoft told The Register: "This relates to billing problems in July - that's been sorted now and the system should have worked for August and September."

The spokesman said there had been problems with historic data, but all issues have now been resolved.

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