Tories pledge vaccine text message reminders to boost uptake
The national vaccination reminder system will see text messages and digital reminders sent to families from their GP when their child’s immunisation is due.
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Mental health text service for young people launched in Yorkshire
A mental health and wellbeing text service aimed at young people called Buzz Us has been commissioned across North Yorkshire by the NHS Hambleton, Richmondshire and Whitby CCG.
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Patient survey reveals preference for digital communications
A study has revealed more than two thirds of patients questioned showed a preference for digital communications, with 68 per cent stating they would prefer to manage medical appointments online or via a smartphone.
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33,000 patients go with the Flo
A telehealth text messaging system developed in Stoke has been adopted by more than 70 health and social care services across the UK.
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Leeds CCG seeks feedback on GPs via text
NHS Leeds West Clinical Commissioning Group is piloting a Friends and Family Test feedback text messaging system.
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GP appointments auto-cancelled via text
GP practices are using new iPlato functionality to allow patients to automatically cancel GP appointments via their mobile phone.
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Sandwell uses texts for immunisation
Sandwell Primary Care Trust has signed a deal with iPlato to implement its patient care messaging system to remind parents to attend immunisation clinics.
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Get consent 2 txt – MDU
GP practices are being advised to get patients’ explicit consent before communicating with them via text message. Latest advice from the Medical Defence Union warns GPs that sending text messages to patients who have not opted-in to such a service could lead to complaints. The defence body said GP practices were increasingly looking at text […]
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TPP launches SystmOnline self-service
iPLATO lets patients update records automatically
Patients of the Bush Doctors and Richford Gate Medical Practice in Hammersmith and Fulham Primary Care Trust will soon receive automated voice messages requesting information to update their medical record. The free service will send an automated voice message to a patient’s mobile asking them to confirm whether they smoke or not. The automated messaging […]
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