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Written question asked by Wes Streeting (Labour) on Thursday, 2 May 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 8 May 2024 (named day). It was answered by Andrea Leadsom (Conservative) on Wednesday, 8 May 2024 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


NHS: Software

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the number of repeat prescriptions that have been ordered through the NHS app in each of the last 12 months.

Answer

There are currently over 34.3 million sign-ups on the NHS App, enabling users to access a range of National Health Services, such as booking and managing general practice (GP) and hospital appointments, ordering repeat prescriptions, and viewing their prospective GP health record. The following table shows the number of repeat prescriptions ordered via the NHS App in each of the last 12 months, as well as the mean and total of repeat prescriptions:

Date

Repeat prescription orders via NHS App

April 2023

2,449,182

May 2023

2,709,129

June 2023

2,650,714

July 2023

2,825,324

August 2023

2,885,337

September 2023

2,819,310

October 2023

3,105,964

November 2023

3,197,218

December 2023

3,124,667

January 2024

3,559,170

February 2024

3,349,017

March 2024

3,669,727

Mean

3,028,730

Total

36,344,759


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
24688
Session
2023-24
Subjects
Software NHS Prescription drugs
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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