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Please see the below message from Moorfields SPARC:

You may be aware of a Microsoft Outlook outage, which has been affecting services worldwide since approximately 6.00pm yesterday evening.

As a result:

all Email referrals are currently affected – you will be unable to send emailed referrals until the issue is resolved.

OPERA referrals are unaffected and can continue as normal.

SPARC, hosted by Moorfields, will keep us updated as further information becomes available.

Once the system is restored, SPARC will undertake a failsafe check of their inbox to identify any referrals sent after 6.00pm yesterday that may not have been received. These may need to be resent.

In the meantime, please continue to use Opera for referrals if possible. If an email referral is urgent, please use an appropriate alternative route to ensure the patient is not delayed. If necessary please call ahead.

We will circulate further updates as soon as we receive them.

ACTION REQUIRED: Important OFNC Survey for Contractors

Dear All, Please see below for a message from LOCSU regarding an important OFNC survey for contractors. Kind regards, East London & City LOC

IMPORTANT: OFNC urges all contractors in England to take part in new survey to assess unfunded GOS workload.

As per the attached press release, OFNC is asking all contractors in England to respond to this confidential survey by close on 22 June 2026. The aim is to systematically gather evidence about unfunded activity linked to GOS delivery and related work in addition to other cost pressures which can be discussed with ministers and senior officials as part of the current year’s fees round before the summer break. No submitted material will be shared other than in an aggregate and non-identifiable statistical format. For more information, please click here for the attached press release. We are encouraging all contractors within their area to complete the OFNC survey.

June 3, 2026

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Important: Referrals - Outlook Email Outage

Please see the below message from Moorfields SPARC:

You may be aware of a Microsoft Outlook outage, which has been affecting services worldwide since approximately 6.00pm yesterday evening.

As a result:

all Email referrals are currently affected – you will be unable to send emailed referrals until the issue is resolved.

OPERA referrals are unaffected and can continue as normal.

SPARC, hosted by Moorfields, will keep us updated as further information becomes available.

Once the system is restored, SPARC will undertake a failsafe check of their inbox to identify any referrals sent after 6.00pm yesterday that may not have been received. These may need to be resent.

In the meantime, please continue to use Opera for referrals if possible. If an email referral is urgent, please use an appropriate alternative route to ensure the patient is not delayed. If necessary please call ahead.

We will circulate further updates as soon as we receive them.

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