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
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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
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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
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- Reference
- 24688
- Session
- 2023-24
- Subjects
- Software NHS Prescription drugs
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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- 2024-05-08 13:03:14 +0100
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