Discover The Power Of The NHS App

Posted on:

Unlock your NHS services with ease: Access your NHS services, online consultation, request repeat prescriptions and access your health records.

An Easy And Safe Method To Handle Your NHS Account

Exciting updates have transformed the NHS App for smartphones and tablets! Discover its new features and how to access everything you need with ease!

Explore the limitless opportunities with the NHS App!

The graphic below introduces the NHS App, showcasing its key features. It offers a helpful overview of what you can achieve with the app, although it’s not a step-by-step guide.

Start using the NHS App right away with the Quick Start Guide for iOS and Android!

Let’s begin your journey with the NHS App using ‘Getting Started with the NHS App’. It’s designed to make signing up a breeze!

Here’s your handy guide to ordering repeat prescriptions with the NHS App. Simplify your life!

Every month in 2024, around 2 million repeat prescriptions are ordered through the NHS App and NHS Website! This incredible service makes managing your medications easier than ever.

Benefits of Using the NHS App:

  • View Your Prescribed Items: Easily see all your prescribed medications in one place.
  • Identify Prescription Types: Quickly determine if your prescriptions are repeat or one-off.
  • Know Your Prescribing Professional: Check which healthcare professional prescribed your medication.

Why Use the NHS App?

The NHS App offers a completely free service that is quick, easy, and convenient for your patients. Here’s how it works:

  1. Requesting Prescriptions: When you select a repeat prescription request, it is sent directly to your GP surgery for approval.
  2. Issuing Prescriptions: Once approved, your prescription is issued directly to your nominated pharmacy.
  3. 24/7 Ordering: You can order your prescriptions anytime, without waiting for the surgery to open.
  4. Track Your Prescriptions: After placing an order, you can track the status and view the history of your repeat prescriptions, including the last order date.

Now here’s a cheerful guide to accessing NHS services through the NHS App:

Step 1: Prescriptions Screen

Choose the ‘Your nominated pharmacy’ option to ensure your prescription goes to the right place. You can update your nominated pharmacy anytime for convenience. It’s the best way to access a range of services online and make sure your prescriptions are sent correctly.

Step 2: Confirm the Pharmacy

Check your chosen pharmacy selection as detailed in ‘Choose a nominated pharmacy’ above. Once confirmed, click ‘Back’ to return or proceed with ordering by clicking ‘Order a Prescription’. The NHS App gives you a secure way to access these services online.

Step 3: Select Prescription Type

You have two choices: repeat or non-repeat prescriptions. Non-repeat prescriptions are for one-time medications and require direct contact with your GP. For a repeat prescription, select ‘A repeat prescription’ and click ‘Continue’. This is the simplest and most secure way to access a range of NHS services.

Step 4: Choose Your Medicines

Select the medications needed and click ‘Continue’. You can also include any notes for your GP in the provided text box if necessary. The NHS App, run by NHS Digital, ensures you get help and access NHS services efficiently and securely.

Enjoy the convenience and reliability of the NHS App, available for your smartphone or tablet, to manage your prescriptions and other NHS services online.

Step 5: Verify Your Prescription Details

Double-check your order and make sure your nominated pharmacy is correct.
If everything looks good, click ‘Confirm and request your prescription’.
To make any changes, just hit the ‘Back’ button to return to the previous screen. Patients can access all their health services, ensuring clinical safety and up-to-date information.

Step 6: Prescription Ordered

Your request is now confirmed and will be sent to your GP surgery for approval.
Once approved, the prescription will show as issued on your order summary screen and be sent to your nominated pharmacy. This process empowers patients to manage their health services efficiently.
Your pharmacy will notify you when your prescription is ready for collection. For any queries, please contact the pharmacy directly.

NHS Services Get Help With The App: Hospital Waiting Times

If you’ve been referred to see a specialist or need investigations at the hospital, you can now check approximate waiting times for your hospital treatment directly from the NHS App, making healthcare management a breeze from your mobile device.

Additionally, the NHS App shows the average waiting time for patients aged 16 and above who have been referred to a specialty at NHS acute trusts.

Explore more about hospital waiting times within the NHS App.

To discover other great features of the NHS App, let’s take a look at the available video guides!

How to switch profiles on the NHS App

Experience the clinical safety and efficiency of NHS England patient-facing services.

Set up An NHS Login and Need to Set Help with Using the NHS App

If you or anyone else needs assistance with the NHS App, please use this form to contact the NHS App support team. Securely connect to information registered with a GP. The NHS England Digital NHS App offers Touch ID or Face ID for accessing your detailed information. Patients can send non-urgent enquiries and receive replies using the clinical system, check health conditions, view GP records, and use 111 online.

A secure and convenient way to manage health information, medicines, and health conditions in 2024.

Patient-facing services or patient access can be registered anytime and anywhere, making it easy to get important messages and make choices. Simply use the share code provided to verify your identity with Touch ID or Face Recognition and start using the NHS App online.