Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced that the government will invest up to £10bn in NHS tech “to bring our analogue health system into the digital age”, as part of the latest spending review.
The funding boost…
Patients in England will receive appointment reminders, screening invitations and test results through the NHS App first, as part of a £50 million upgrade.
A press release, published by the Department of Health and Social…
Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust has awarded a patient engagement portal contract worth £572,000 to DrDoctor.
The deployment of the DrDoctor platform, which is currently in the early delivery stage with no go-live…
An “Amazon-style” prescription tracking feature has been rolled out in the NHS App, with the aim of helping to reduce unnecessary calls and visits to pharmacies.
NHS England announced on 23 May 2025 that nearly…
Most of the public think that a single patient record (SPR) already exists, according to research commissioned by Understanding Patient Data.
Plans for an SPR, summarising patient health information, test results, and letters through the…
Lack of integration between the NHS App and other health data sources has contributed to patient record errors, according to a new report.
An analysis by Healthwatch, published on 1 May 2025, found that 23%…
The accelerated rollout of the NHS App has saved 1.5 million appointments and helped cut waiting times for patients, according to the data published by the Department of Health and Social Care.
Through the app,…
Figures from NHS England show that the number of practices which patients can join online has more than doubled in the last 12 months, with more than 6,150 practices supporting registration through the NHS…
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Digital health coaching service Holly Health will be available through the NHS App through a collaboration with Patients Know Best (PKB).
The integration with PKB allows the Holly Health coaching service and PKB records to ‘speak’…
NHS England has launched a ‘ping and book’ pilot project which uses the NHS App to invite participants to their breast screening appointments.
Between December 2024 and February 2025, three breast screening offices (BSOs) in…
