Connecting for Health has announced that the electronic booking system Choose and Book has been used to make more than 10 million bookings.
The NHS IT agency says all NHS hospitals in England are now using Choose and Book along with 91% of GP practices in England. However usage remains at around the 50% mark where it has been since January this year.
ChB says GPs are sending more than 105,000 referrals through the system each week and more than 90% of GP practices have used the system over the past six week.
Dr Stepehen Miller, national medical director for Choose and Book, said: “I am very excited to have reached the 10th million electronic booking. It is significant because it gives a clear indication that Choose and Book is making good progress in becoming the NHS’s everyday method of referral.
“My patients have responded very positively to Choose and Book and I know that their endorsement has been replicated around the country.”
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