Digital

Digital prescriptions go live in NHS App

Millions of people will be able to use the NHS App to view their prescriptions for the first time from today. Following a successful trial last year involving over a million users, NHS England is adding the new service to the app which will allow patients to see when their prescriptions have been issued and […]

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NHS App reaches record users on fifth anniversary

The NHS App has twice as many users as Netflix’s 16.7 million subscribers with three quarters of adults in England now signed up, new figures show today. As the app marks its fifth birthday, new data shows it has 33.6 million registered users, with monthly traffic to the app rising by more than half in […]

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New NHS software to improve care for millions of patients

The NHS will roll out new software from spring next year to deliver better joined-up care for millions of patients, help tackle waiting lists and reduce hospital discharge delays. The software will bring together existing NHS data, making it easier for staff to access key information to provide improved and more timely patient care. The […]

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Artificial intelligence to help boost NHS winter response and prevent avoidable admissions

Artificial intelligence (AI) will spot patients at risk of needing to go to hospital so community NHS teams can get to them first and reduce pressures on A&Es, as part of a range of tech and data solutions being rolled out across the NHS ahead of winter. Four GP practices in Somerset are trialling an […]

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Open letter from NHS medical leaders to patients and the public

As frontline clinicians with extensive experience of working in the NHS, we have all felt the frustrations when systems, processes, and people don’t talk to each other as well as they should.  Sometimes, these are the frustrations of patients needing to repeat their medical history whenever they need to use a different part of the NHS. In […]

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