Some computer systems cannot handle 61 seconds in a minute which happens when a leap second is inserted. I do not know if this is the case here but it certainly sounds plausible - their IT department should spend some more time with man ntpd.
From the Beeb:
London ambulance service hit by new year fault
Ambulance response times were delayed in London overnight after technical problems hit the control room, the ambulance service has said.
It is understood the computer system crashed, so calls had to be recorded by pen and paper for nearly five hours on one of the busiest nights of the year.
I have been a time-nut well before joining the email list and remember reading about system crashes from the 2008 and 2012 leap seconds. 2015 saw interruptions of around 40 minutes duration with Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Netflix, Amazon, and Apple's music streaming series Beats 1. More here: Infogalactic: Leap second
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