NHS App to be used as Covid-19 passport from May 17
Announcing the countries that will be on the UK’s ‘green’ travel list the transport secretary said the app would be used as a Covid-19 passport from 17 May.
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NHS App to be used as Covid-19 passport, transport secretary confirms
Grant Shapps confirmed the app will be used a Covid-19 passport to prove vaccination status, or negative test, before going on holiday.
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Use of digital NHS service soar throughout 2020 due to Covid-19
Figures have revealed that NHS digital services have experienced surge in usage throughout 2020 as people looked to access healthcare remotely.
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Patients Know Best becomes first PHR integrated into NHS App
Patients Know Best has become the first personal health record to be fully integrated into the NHS App, giving patients direct access via the app.
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Mobile health apps news in brief
This month’s mobile apps news round-up features news that the majority of UK people believe their contact-tracing data will be used for other purposes.
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Online consultation provider eConsult added to NHS App
The integration with the NHS App enables patients to quickly access online consultations as well as allowing their doctor to undertake initial triage.
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NHS Digital CEO says healthcare tech is ‘here to stay’ after Covid-19
Sarah Wilkinson has said some healthcare technology which has been rolled out at scale in response to the Covid-19 outbreak is “here to stay”.
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Patients now able to nominate pharmacy using the NHS App
Patients across England are now able to choose a pharmacy to have their repeat prescriptions sent to directly, via the NHS App.
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Demand for NHS tech soars during coronavirus outbreak
Since being made available across the entire NHS to support remote working during the Covid-19 outbreak use of Teams has surged by more than 800%.
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First nine faces of the NHS App revealed to promote uptake
Since September 2019, the number of registered NHS App users has risen from 91,000 to over 220,000, according to NHS Digital.
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