Get the NHS App, and manage healthcare easily, online
Over two million people across England have downloaded the NHS App, and use it as a 'single pane of glass' to manage their healthcare and access NHS Services.
Please read our articles on:
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How to order repeat prescriptions from your GP, in minutes, using the NHS App
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Help for carers - manage healthcare for those you care for, by getting Proxy Access, on the NHS App
You can also use the NHS App to:
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Manage your first outpatient appointment, if your GP has referred you to hospital
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Manage how your medical records are shared by the NHS
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Access to health advice on NHS.UK
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Access to urgent care via 111 Online
And, if your GP surgery has turned on these features for your NHS App account, you can:
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Access your latest lab test results
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View your medical record [Detailed Care Record - DCR]
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View the documents scanned onto your GP record
Below are some videos explaining more about the NHS App [and GP Online], with some feedback from patients about how the NHS App has helped them manage their health.
Best ways to get help from a GP have changed
The way you access your GP is changing00:11
to ensure you get the best possible care safely and quickly.
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We only want people to attend their GP practice
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when they need to
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in order to keep you and our staff safe from coronavirus.
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If you need to contact your GP practice,
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you should telephone the practice first
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or visit your General practice website
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and complete a confidential online form.
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You can also use the NHS app to order
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repeat prescripti
How NHS App helps me manage my health
I’m Kim Batten, I’m from Southampton and I’m in my early sixties. I’m reasonably00:09
fit and I do a lot of exercise, but that means my knees are not too good now and I’ve also
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had some problems with heart rhythm which is under control but does need to be monitored.
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At my practice I’ve got access to some of the online services but not all of them. I
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can order repeat prescriptions, I can make appointments to see the GP and I can see my
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summary records, but I can’t see my