What is NHS App?
The '''NHS App''' lets people using the [[National Health Service]] in England to book appointments with their [[General practitioner|GP]], order [[prescription]]<nowiki/>s and see their GP record. They can use [[NHS 111]], set their [[data sharing]] preferences and [[organ donation]] and [[Terminal illness|end-of-life]] care preferences. People can confirm and show their [[COVID-19|Covid-19]] [[vaccination]] and testing status. It was started in 2018. The [[Mobile app|app]] was developed by [[NHS Digital]] and [[NHS England]]. All the GPs have to use it. [[Matt Hancock]] said it would make the NHS work better.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Nast|first=Condé|title=Matt Hancock's plan for an NHS tech revolution is doomed to fail|language=en-GB|work=Wired UK|url=https://www.wired.co.uk/article/nhs-matt-hancock-technology-innovation|access-date=2023-07-21|issn=1357-0978}}</ref> By July 2022 more than 22 million people had started using it. <ref>{{Cite web|title=NHS App Used to Order Over 16 Million Repeat Prescriptions in a Year|url=https://www.medscape.co.uk/viewarticle/nhs-app-used-order-over-16-million-repeat-prescriptions-year-2022a1001va7|access-date=2023-07-21|website=Medscape UK|language=en}}</ref> The [[Health and Social Care Select Committee]] of the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] said in July 2023 that more needed to be done to get people to use it, especially for booking GP appointments and managing prescriptions. It does not link to the user’s phone calendar and it does not use on data collected by the phone to personalise information and services.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sentance|first=Rebecca|date=2023-07-04|title=NHS app needs to demonstrate “continuing value” in order to succeed: report|url=https://econsultancy.com/nhs-app-demonstrate-continuing-value-digital-transformation-report/|access-date=2023-07-21|website=Econsultancy|language=en}}</ref> At the end of 2023 there were 33.6 million registered users.<ref>{{Cite web|title=NHS England » NHS App reaches record users on fif