Digital answer to patient questions

THE days of patients having to give the same information over and over again to staff in different branches of the NHS could be about to end, thanks to a digital revolution.

- David Williamson

People seeking medical help will no longer have to repeat the same answers at each appointment because data will be securely shared between trusts, GPs and ambulance services.

Everyone in England will have a single patient record delivered via the NHS app which summarises their health information, test results and letters in one place.

Staff will no longer spend time filling out paperwork which has been recorded elsewhere. And the full rollout of "patient passports" could slash the number of medical errors made each year by nearly seven million.