Fears less tech savvy patients will be excluded by push for over-40s to do DIY health checks at home rather than visiting a GP in bid to free up appointments
Middle-aged patients will be encouraged to carry out their own DIY health checks on the NHS app rather than see a GP. Last night it was reported that people may even soon be able to sign themselves off sick with the help of an NHS algorithm Middle-aged patients will be encouraged to carry out their own DIY health checks on the NHS app rather than see a GP Joe Harrison, national director for the app at NHS England, said: 'The app will be the front door to the NHS. It is not going to go away, it is only going to grow' Dennis Reed, director of campaign group Silver Voices, said it must not be at the expense of older patients: 'If this is the front door to the NHS, the back door needs to be just as available for those who are not as adept or don't have smartphones' It would send people with complex illness to a doctor but others could be signed off for a few days by self-reporting symptoms for the likes of the flu. Dennis Reed, director of campaign group Silver Voices, said it must not be at the expense of older patients: 'If this is the front door to the NHS, the back door needs to be just as available for those who are not as adept or don't have smartphones.'
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