In a huge push to improve the lives of tens of thousands of postgraduate doctors, NHS England is pledging to enhance choice and flexibility with rotas, while reducing payroll errors and the financial burden of course fees. Postgraduate doctors in training, who make up more than 50,000 NHS staff, move between trusts at least twice […]
More patients will be able to get through to their GP surgery for an appointment, thanks to upgraded phone technology rolled out across the country. Almost every GP practice in England has upgraded their phone systems – a key part of the GP access recovery plan. More than 5,800 GP practices use a digital system for […]
More than 2.7 million people have already used a new prescription feature in the NHS App since its launch two months ago. The convenient new feature, which was launched in January, allows patients in England to see when their prescriptions have been issued and view their prescribed medication. Since the launch, there have been 18.4 […]
More than 1 million patients have used a national online service to register with a GP since its launch 18 months ago. The online Register with a GP surgery service, managed by NHS England, allows patients to go online at any time of day to find and register with a local GP without having to visit […]
Trials of new wireless technologies to help improve patient care and strengthen connectivity in A&Es and ambulance bays are set to launch across seven NHS trusts, following new funding from NHS England. Around £1 million in total has been awarded to seven trusts as part of NHS England’s Wireless Trials programme, which seeks to make […]
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 […]
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 […]
An NHS pledge to roll out a new online GP registration service to 2,000 GP practices by the end of the year has been achieved ahead of schedule. The online Register with a GP surgery service, managed by NHS England, has been designed to make the process simpler and more convenient for both patients and […]
More than four in five GP practices (81.1%) in England are now giving patients access to their new health records online, thanks to the NHS delivery plan for recovering access to primary care. Instead of needing to contact their GP practice, 23.5 million people can now view test results and check their consultation notes on their […]
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 […]
The NHS is to expand the use of a research platform behind the roll-out of new Covid-19 treatments to help drive life-saving advances for other major diseases. With the support of GPs and academic researchers, the NHS is widening the use of the service to allow scientists to securely analyse data in GP systems – […]