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The NHS app is getting a major upgrade as part of the government’s plans to overhaul the NHS and reduce waiting times from 18 months to 18 weeks. Health secretary Wes Streeting said on Sunday ...
The NHS App allows patients using the National Health Service in England to book appointments with their GP, order repeat prescriptions and access their GP record. Available since late 2018, the app was developed by NHS Digital and NHS England. [1] The health ministers Jeremy Hunt and Matt Hancock both stressed their support for the project.
It is used by over 80% of electronically rostered NHS trusts to plan and roster their staff. It permits bank nurses to check shifts that are available on their phones or computers at home. [ 1 ] Version 11, which can be used on a tablet, was released in 2020, responding to demands created by the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom . [ 2 ]
NHS Digital ran the Spine service for the NHS, which is a central, secure system for patient data in England. [3] This enables a number of services for patients, including: the Electronic Prescription Service, which sends prescriptions digitally from GP surgeries and other NHS providers to pharmacies, without needing a printed prescription. [10]
The Department of Health said the NHS app would allow more patients needing non-urgent treatment to view and manage appointments. ... Reminders would be sent out by hospitals to reduce the number ...
The Health Secretary told MPs he believes in ‘different courses for different horses’ as the Government announced new targets for access to NHS app. Use of NHS app will ‘free up phone line ...
The NHS specifies what GPs, as independent contractors, are expected to do and provides funding for this work through arrangements known as the General Medical Services Contract. Today, the GMS contract is a UK-wide arrangement with minor differences negotiated by each of the four UK health departments.
The NHS’s workload is “likely to go up, not down”, Sir Keir Starmer warned, as he hinted at reforms the Government might make to assist healthcare staff.