NHS App to get new digital features by 2023

The NHS App will soon be updated with features to help offer people in England more personalised care.

It is part of the government's plan for a digital revolution to speed up care and improve access while saving the health service time and money.

By March 2023, more users will receive messages from their GP and be able to see their medical records and manage hospital elective-care appointments.

By March 2024, the app should offer face-to-face video consultations.

The government's ambition is for at least 75% of adults to be using it by March 2024. Currently, less than half - about 28 million - have it on their phone or tablet.

The government also wants 90% of NHS trusts to have electronic patient records in place or be processing them by December 2023 and for all social-care providers to adopt a digital social-care record.

And patients across the country should be able to complete their hospital pre-assessment checks from home by September 2024.

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Source: BBC News, 29 June 2022