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Written question asked by Wes Streeting (Labour) on Tuesday, 12 December 2023, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 19 December 2023 (named day). A holding answer was provided on Tuesday, 19 December 2023. A substantive answer was provided by Andrew Stephenson (Conservative) on Thursday, 11 January 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 information her Department holds on the number and proportion of GP practices that enable patients to (a) see their medical records, (b) book appointments and (c) order repeat prescriptions through the NHS app.

Answer

NHS App functionality is available for: prospective record access across 5,163 practices, representing 82% of all practices, up from 0.2% in December 2022 with 15 early adopter sites; appointment booking in 5,892 practices, representing 93% of all practices; and repeat prescription ordering across 6,206 practices, representing 98% of all practices.

Practices can choose how to use this functionality to offer services to their patients. A roadmap for future development across the NHS App is published quarterly on the NHS England website.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
6539
Session
2023-24
Subjects
Software General practitioners NHS
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk