Streeting: NHS app upgrade to boost patient access

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Health Secretary Wes Streeting says an upgrade to the NHS app will bring “ease and convenience” to patients, allowing millions more to access appointments, test results and reminders via their phones—reducing reliance on outdated letter systems and cutting waste.   Report by Etemadil. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00I think lots of us, when we think about how we live our lives today, a lot of the things

00:04that we do, from doing our shopping to organising a night out with friends, we do at the touch

00:12of a button. And the NHS feels so 20th century. The fact that people still get letters through

00:19the front door, sometimes multiple letters about the same appointment, sometimes getting

00:25letters after the appointment has arrived, shows that the NHS that's always been changing,

00:31evolving, has been stuck in the mud when it comes to the everyday technology we use to

00:37organise our lives. And that's why what we're doing with the NHS app is really exciting.

00:42It means more ease and convenience, choice and control for patients. It's also going

00:47to make sure we put about 50 million fewer letters in the post. So big saving and making

00:52sure that the investment the Chancellor is giving us for the NHS, and frankly, you the

00:58public are giving us to invest in your NHS, and make sure we're spending every penny on

01:04the things that will really make a difference for your care, at the same time making the experience

01:08of using the NHS more easy and convenient like other aspects of our lives.

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