PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
NHS: Software (2 May 2024)
Question Asked
Asked by:
Wes Streeting (Labour)
Answer
There are currently over 34.3 million sign-ups on the NHS App, enabling users to access a range of National Health Services, such as booking and managing general practice (GP) and hospital appointments, ordering repeat prescriptions, and viewing their prospective GP health record. The following table shows the number of repeat prescriptions ordered via the NHS App in each of the last 12 months, as well as the mean and total of repeat prescriptions:
Date | Repeat prescription orders via NHS App |
April 2023 | 2,449,182 |
May 2023 | 2,709,129 |
June 2023 | 2,650,714 |
July 2023 | 2,825,324 |
August 2023 | 2,885,337 |
September 2023 | 2,819,310 |
October 2023 | 3,105,964 |
November 2023 | 3,197,218 |
December 2023 | 3,124,667 |
January 2024 | 3,559,170 |
February 2024 | 3,349,017 |
March 2024 | 3,669,727 |
Mean | 3,028,730 |
Total | 36,344,759 |
Answered by:
Andrea Leadsom (Conservative)
8 May 2024
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