Microsoft outage has caused disruption to email and other vital IT facilities across the UK.Photograph: Dado Ruvić/Reuters

Hospitals, GPs, police forces and property agents across the UK have been hit by the global Microsoft outage. Here's how the disruption to email and other IT facilities has affected key services.

Healthcare

The NHS experienced "serious" and "widespread" disruption across the UK on Friday as a result of the Microsoft outage, with hundreds of hospitals, GP surgeries and community health services affected, senior health sources said.