Overview
- Forty‑five pilot schemes at 37 trusts will use the NHS App for self‑reporting and remote monitoring so patients can share health updates with specialists without routine hospital visits.
- The initiative focuses on ENT, gastroenterology, respiratory medicine, urology and cardiology, with patients completing digital questionnaires and having routine tests reviewed remotely.
- Officials say full rollout could eventually free up around 500,000 hospital appointments a year by prioritising in‑person care for those who need it most.
- A government‑funded, multicentre study led by Sheffield Teaching Hospitals and the University of Sheffield will test remote monitoring and adjustment of portable ventilators for more than 250 people with motor neurone disease across 12 areas.
- Local pilots include Leeds prostate cancer follow‑up via the NHS App, Portsmouth pre‑appointment respiratory questionnaires, and North Tees and Hartlepool collecting access needs to cut missed appointments.