Full medical information, assessments outcomes and letters from docs will all be out there within the NHS App underneath plans for a digital revolution within the well being service in England.
Ministers hope the adjustments – a part of new 10-year technique for the NHS in England – will overhaul the best way sufferers work together with the well being service in the identical means apps have modified the best way we financial institution.
At the moment the NHS App is proscribed as a result of sufferers information are held regionally by a affected person’s GP and any hospitals they go to – and never all components of the well being service work together with the app.
However the authorities stated it was pushing forward with plans to create a single affected person report.
Campaigners have raised issues about knowledge safety, however ministers say they’re “completely dedicated” to defending confidential medical data.
It comes as the federal government launches a brand new “nationwide dialog” to tell the 10-year plan, which is because of be printed within the spring.
One of many key themes of the plan might be shifting from “analogue to digital” – and the one affected person information might be a core a part of that.
The federal government stated it could velocity up affected person care, cut back repeat assessments and medical errors.
Final yr, a contract was awarded to the agency Palantir to create a database becoming a member of up particular person information stored by native companies.
It should permit sufferers and people treating them to entry the details about their well being.
Marketing campaign group MedConfidential has warned having a single report like this might be “open to abuse”.
However Care Minister Stephen Kinnock defended the transfer, saying the federal government was “completely dedicated” to defending affected person knowledge.
He stated safeguards offering a “forged iron assure” on safety can be set out in a brand new invoice that might be put earlier than Parliament to push forward with the transfer.
The ten-year plan will even deal with shifting care out of hospitals and into the neighborhood.
The federal government stated native neighbourhood well being centres, the place sufferers can entry GP, district nursing, physios and testing all underneath one roof, will type a part of this.
Nevertheless it stated it wished to listen to from the general public about their very own concepts for change as a part of the nationwide dialog.
The pubic engagement train begins on Monday, with the launch of web site change.nhs.uk.
Well being Secretary Wes Streeting stated: “The NHS goes by the worst disaster in its historical past however, whereas the NHS is damaged, it isn’t overwhelmed. Collectively we are able to repair it.
“Whether or not you employ the NHS or work in it, you see first hand what’s nice but additionally what isn’t working. We’d like your concepts to assist flip the NHS round.”
Sufferers Affiliation chief govt Rachel Energy stated she “warmly welcomes” the initiative.
She stated: “For a lot too lengthy, many sufferers have felt their voices weren’t absolutely heard in shaping the well being service.
“This nationwide dialog marks a big step in the direction of real affected person partnership and places sufferers on the warmth of the NHS’s evolution.”
RCN normal secretary Prof Nicola Ranger stated it was very important NHS employees bought concerned too.
However she stated any future plans would want “new funding”.
Subsequent week the federal government is predicted to set out additional funding for this winter and subsequent yr when Chancellor Rachel Reeves unveils her Price range.