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Sick notes to be automated through NHS 111 to prevent Covid-19 spread

People will be able to provide a note to their employer without having face-to-face contact with GP services, reducing the
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COVID-19: More than one million access NHS 111 support for coronavirus

More than one million people have used a dedicated NHS online support service for coronavirus since it was launched on
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Dr Google ‘diagnoses’ 100m health concerns as GP wait times rise

More people are turning to Google to self-diagnose their boo-boos and ailments, with Londoners proving the biggest 'cyberchondriacs'.
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NHS 111 online hits one million triage since 2017 launch

Data from NHS Digital revealed the most common symptoms for which people use NHS 111 online are related to abdominal
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Is NHS 111 a waste of time?

Our GP columnist looks at few instances where his acquaintances or patients had to deal with NHS 111 and wonders if
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Part 2: Can tech help in averting next winter crisis?

In this second article of two-part series, Shreshtha Trivedi looks at how primary care and urgent care sector are using
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Hunt says technology will create “patient power decade” in NHS

Jeremy Hunt used his keynote speech at the Health and Care Innnovation Expo to announce a series of new promises
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Hunt to promise every NHS patient app access to records

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt says every patient in England will be able to use an app to access their medical
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Babylon Health to power NHS 111 with ‘AI triage’ bot

An a chatbot app will field less serious health complaints from 1.2 million NHS patients in North Central London as
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Doctors beat algorithms on diagnosis – study

Doctors “vastly outperformed” computer algorithms when it comes to giving a correct , according to an American research trial.
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