Health and Social Care Secretary Jeremy Hunt said: “The NHS app is a world-first which will put patients firmly in the driving seat and revolutionise the way we access health services.”
The free app will be available to everyone in England in December 2018.
Patients will be able to use it to:
- make GP appointments
- order repeat prescriptions
- manage long-term conditions
- access 111 online for urgent medical queries
You will be able to book a GP appointment with the click of a button, rather than join a queue of callers attempting to ring the local surgery at the same time each morning.
Patients will also be able to use the app to state their preferences relating to:
- data-sharing
- organ donation
- end-of-life care
The app will be available through the App Store or Google Play and once downloaded users can simply sign up for an NHS account.