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NHS England press release issued 13/12/2021 NHS COVID Pass for 12 to 15-year-olds for international travel Today, the NHS COVID pass will...
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Sean Key
- Nov 28, 2021
- 3 min
Best Health Smartwatch for Men for Christmas 2021
Buying a smartwatch as a Christmas present for a man over 40 years old? Did you know the NHS recommends everyone over 40 checks their...
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Sean Key
- Nov 21, 2021
- 2 min
NHS COVID Pass - 5 ways to qualify for one
Here are the five ways that you can get an NHS COVID pass: By being vaccinated: two weeks after completing a full course of vaccination,...
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Sean Key
- Nov 21, 2021
- 1 min
NHS App Vaccine Record - How to get, and view on the NHS App
The good news, the NHS App now shows the 3rd Booster vaccine in the NHS COVID Pass, it's been added to your vaccine record. The video...
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Sean Key
- Nov 20, 2021
- 1 min
Shared decision-making (NICE Guideline, 17 June 2021)
Some interesting topics in the new NICE shared decision-making guideline. This guideline covers how to make shared decision-making part...
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Sean Key
- Nov 20, 2021
- 1 min
Patient access to health records: What are the cultural and professional barriers to implementation?
The second British Medical Journal webinar on the hot topic of Record Access by patients has been published on YouTube. In this one, the...
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Sean Key
- Nov 18, 2021
- 1 min
NHS Approved Pulse Oximeter - there's no such thing!
The NHS does not approve or recommend pulse oximeters or other medical devices. Beware of anyone selling you an 'NHS Approved Pulse...
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Sean Key
- Nov 11, 2021
- 1 min
Why is failure to give patients timely access to their health records a failure of medical ethics?
In the context of upcoming moves to open-up prospective detailed care record access to patients, I found this webinar fascinating to...
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Sean Key
- Nov 10, 2021
- 1 min
NHS App COVID Booster Not Showing Yet
Update: From 18/11/21 COVID Booster jabs are visible on the NHS App passport, well done NHS-D NHS urged to work on making the NHS App...
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Sean Key
- Jun 8, 2021
- 2 min
GPDPR - #NHSDataGrab - Why pseudonymisation isn't safe
– Psuedonymisation [from pseudo anonymisation] means key bits of your data have been replaced with a coded version of that information,...
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Sean Key
- Feb 21, 2021
- 2 min
QCOVID - changes to the NHS England CEV List
What is the CEV list? The COVID Extremely Vulnerable list [CEV] is a list of patients who scientists think will be the worst affected by...
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Sean Key
- Jan 10, 2021
- 2 min
Are Oximeters safe for BIPOC/BAME/Black people to use for COVID at home?
Many people are buying Pulse Oximeters to keep at home in case they get sick with COVID-19. This is so they can take regular blood oxygen...
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Sean Key
- Jan 3, 2021
- 1 min
The only Medical Grade Smart Watch with Oxygen Readings - Withings - if you can justify it, buy this
If you really want a wrist-mounted pulse oximeter with a built-in ECG, of medical quality, there is only one product on the market...
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Sean Key
- Jan 3, 2021
- 1 min
Should I use my Samsung Galaxy watch or phone to monitor my blood oxygen when I am ill? No.
Galaxy Watch: Samsung makes no clear statement either way on whether the Galaxy Watch sensors are medical grade or not, neither on their...
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Sean Key
- Jan 3, 2021
- 1 min
Should I use my iPhone and/or Apple Watch to monitor my blood oxygen when I am unwell? Not really.
On the iPhone Series 6 Apple added an App to interface to the Apple Watch to measure blood oxygen levels. On their website they state...
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Sean Key
- Jan 3, 2021
- 1 min
Should I use my FitBit to monitor my blood oxygen when I am unwell? The short answer is 'No'.
For the moment the short answer seems to be 'no'. Fit bit have a detailed article on their website about how their SPO2 monitor works. It...
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Sean Key
- Dec 30, 2020
- 1 min
Nov 20: Daily Telegraph: NHS suggests families should keep an oximeter alongside thermometer at home
Covid patients should be sent to hospital earlier, researchers have said after finding that just a small drop in blood oxygen levels can...
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Sean Key
- Dec 30, 2020
- 1 min
Can I use my mobile phone to monitor my oxygen levels?
Can I use my mobile phone apps to monitor my oxygen levels, rather than a pulse oximeter? The consensus seems to be, generally no....
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