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Health secretary Wes Streeting is leading the digitisation of the NHS. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)
The NHS app could save the government millions as it will become the default method of communication for patients seeking appointment reminders, screening invitations and test results.
Millions more people will receive personal health information directly to their smartphones within the next three years in a move that is expected to save the health service £200m, the Department of Health and Social Care said.
It will also avoid the need for at least 50m NHS letters being sent by post each year, with the Health Secretary likening the shift from analogue to digital to “online banking or ordering a takeaway”.
The £50m government investment will see 270m messages sent through the NHS