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…
Left to right: Ynez Simonds, Lee Rickles, Monica Fletcher, Tom Micklewright, Alec Price-Forbes (Credit: Claire Read)
Technology is central to realising the NHS’s ambition to provide more care closer to home, delegates at Digital…
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Professor Joe Harrison speaking at Rewired 2025 (Image provided by Jordan Sollof)
The NHS App will be integrated with Epic in 2025, Professor Joe Harrison revealed at Digital Health Rewired 2025.
Speaking on the Digital…
Dr Charlotte Refsum is a passionate advocate for the power of the single patient record to transform health systems.
After starting her career as a GP, a role at KPMG took her to visit…
