Owned and run by the NHS in England, the NHS App provides a simple and secure way for people to access a range of NHS services on their smartphone or tablet. It can also be accessed via the NHS website.

The NHS App is home to a range of features that enable patients to access services from the comfort of their homes – from viewing their GP health record to nominating their preferred pharmacy.

Patients in many parts of the country are now able to view and manage their hospital appointments on the App, and many GP practices are now sending NHS App notifications to patients with appointment reminders and other messages relating to their care.

In this episode we’ll discuss how NHS App use has increased across the region including specific work by our NHS App Ambassadors in North East and Yorkshire and the recent partnership work with Libraries UK. We'll also discuss the next steps for this 'front door' to NHS services, which is currently used by over 35 million users nationally.

For more information on how best to promote the NHS App in your area visit: https://digital.nhs.uk/services/nhs-app

You can also view the roadmap which gives the details of new features in development - https://digital.nhs.uk/services/nhs-app/roadmap

A transcript of this episode is available on our website - https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/transcript-getting-the-most-out-of-the-nhs-app-podcast/

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