Labour sets out plans to digitise children’s healthcare records
The IndependentSign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Labour will digitise the NHS red book parents use for their children’s medical records as part of a series of reforms to the NHS app. That’s how a modern health service would tackle this public health crisis.” Writing in the Sun newspaper, Mr Streeting insisted the NHS was “a service, not a shrine”. It’s a 20th century service that hasn’t changed with the times and isn’t fit for the modern era.” Labour will also commit to give patients greater control over their own healthcare through the NHS app. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer claimed his party would “give power to the patient”, and that GPs could ensure “time isn’t wasted on box-ticking”.
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